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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"E. E. Cummings"”.
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The Aesthetic Use of Syntax: Studies on the Syntax of the Poetry of E. E. Cummings
On the theoretical level, this dissertation develops, illustrates, and documents an 11-point typology of syntactic aesthetic effects which provides a working theoretical model for the study of the aesthetic use of syntax. Following Leech and Nowottny, it is argued that these effects represent the …
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The illumination of E. E. Cummings' poetry in J. A. C. Redford's "love is the every only god"
… piano accompaniment based on six poems by E. E. Cummings. The work is organized into six movements with two interludes and lasts approximately twenty-five minutes. Beyond his regard for the art of poetry and care in choosing a text, Redford sees himself as an illuminator of the text, providing …
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Movement in Relation to Diction and Imagery in E. E. Cummings' Elegy "My Father Moved Through Dooms of Love"
<p>E. E. Cummings' elegy "my father moved through dooms of love" has been singled out by Theodore Spencer as "one of the finest lyrics America has produced. Several other critics have cited this poem as an example of Cummings' syntactical experimentation and his penchant for endowing commonplace …
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Finding the Self
… the craft techniques of Billy Collins, E. E. Cummings, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Brenda Hillman, Ted Kooser, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Lynn McMahon, Mary Oliver, Charles Olsen, Theodore Roethke, and Wallace Stevens. Additionally, Mark Strand and Evan Boland are featured for their commentary on …
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Now All the Fingers of This Tree
… based upon a poem of the same name by E. E. Cummings. It is divided into two movements: The first movement is scored for nine part solo soprano, where one performer records each of the nine vocal lines. The second movement is an electro-acoustic work derived from four phrases of the original …
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New light on E.E. Cummings' drama, Him
E. E. Cummings' avant-garde drama, Him (1927) is the subject of this study. As poet and painter, Cummings drew a picture of the play for the cover of the "sacrosanct" [his word) first edition. This picture is a unique psychological rebus-mandala. The rebus concept of the ancient Chinese picture …
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DADA / USA: connections between the Dada movement and eight American fiction writers
… Williams, Laurence Vail, John Dos Passos, E. E. Cummings, and Nathanael West, and was affected by Gertrude Stein, are examined in chapters 4 to 11. DADÁ / EEUU: CONEXIONES ENTRE EL MOVIMIENTO DADAÍSTA Y OCHO NARRADORES NORTEAMERICANOS El propósito de esta tesis es investigar, dentro del marco …
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The growth of the vision of E.E. Cummings: an analysis of specific themes in the love poetry
Throughout the career of E. E. Cummings critics maintained that the poet displayed a lack of growth in his vision. Such a criticism fails in an analysis of the development of specific themes in the love poetry of Cummings. This thesis investigates two major themes from the early love poetry (the …
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THE COMIC DIMENSION: A NEW READING OF WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS' LONG POEM "PATERSON"
… with hidden portraits of Eliot, Pound, E. E. Cummings, Hart Crane and other poets. Only when Paterson is read as the imaginative biography of a misunderstood major poet with a taste for satire can Williams' full unity of purpose be understood.</p><p>Chapters one through three highlight …