E. E. Cummings, Milton A. Cohen E. E. Cummings: Selected Works Critical edition

This Norton Critical Edition IncludesThe first ever annotated and cross-genre collection of Cummings's work intended for student readers: 166 poems spanning the range of his career; selections from his prose, dramatic writing, and correspondence; twelve paintings and sketches; and three facsimile draftsAnnotations and a thorough introduction by Milton A. Cohen, along with an essay written Milton A. Cohen, along with an essay written for this volume that chronicles the development of Cummings's idiosyncratic styleFour contemporary reviews and seven scholarly essays, prefaced by an overview, that address themes and techniques within Cummings's poetryComparative studies of two poems---"Buffalo Bill s" and "in Just"---that feature five different responses to each, designed to promote classroom discussion. A chronology, a selected bibliography, and an index of the poems"This ample, authoritatively edited collection represents Cummings's work in all its variety and dynamism. We find here not only Cummings the poet--rebel and curmudgeon, lyric writer and satirist--but also Cummings the painter, the memoirist, the playwright, the letter writer, and the essayist. While revealing the modernist's historical contexts, these pages help to bring to life Cummings's spatial and typographical innovations, his visual energy and verbal wit." - JAHAN RAMAZANI, University of Virginia"Milton Cohens timely edition dispels the myth of a lowercase Cummings and charts his poetic development. The material here offers parallel comparisons and context to explore Cummings's iconoclasm and visual techniques in language and typography!'Gillian Huang-Tiller, University of Virginia's College at WiseRead by more than 12 million students over fifty-five years. Norton Critical Editions set the standard for apparatus that is right for undergraduate readers. The three-part format--annotated text, contexts, and criticism--helps students to better understand, analyze, and appreciate the literature, while opening a wide range of teaching possibilities for instructors. Whether in print or in digital format, Norton Critical Editions provide all the resources students need
This Norton Critical Edition includes: 166 poems spanning the range of Cummings’s career, selections of his prose and dramatic writing, twelve paintings and sketches, and three facsimiles of his drafts—the first ever annotated and cross-genre collection of his work aimed at student readers.Annotations, headnotes, and a thorough introduction by Milton A. Cohen, along with an essay by Cohen chronicling the development of Cummings’s idiosyncratic style.Four contemporary reviews and six critical essays—by Randall Jarrell, Edmund Wilson, Isabelle Alfandary, and Michael Webster, among others—prefaced by an overview.Comparative studies of two poems—featuring five different responses to each—designed to promote classroom discussion.A chronology, a selected bibliography, and an index of the poems. About the Series