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About this Item
First Edition stated with complete number line. One in a series of Liveright Typescript editions. Edited with an afterward by George James Firmage. Full green boards, gilt titles on spine, author's initials blindstamped on front board. NF book in a NF, ever-so-lightly sunned on the spine DJ. Price present ($9.95)but lower corner of front flap is clipped (by publisher?)Overall a very nice copy of a book that seems by its absence on ABE to be scarce. Seller Inventory # 8690
Bibliographic Details
Title: Xaipe
Publisher: New York: Liveright, 1979
Publication Date: 1979
Binding: Hardcover
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
Edition: 1st Edition
About this title
XAIPE (Greek for "rejoice"), which first appeared in 1950, contains some of E. E. Cummings's finest work.
Among many poems can be found "dying is fine)but Death," "so many selves(so many friends and gods," "when serpents bargain for the right to squirm," "no time ago," "I thank You God for most this amazing," and "now all the fingers of this tree(darling)have."E. E. Cummings (1894–1962) was among the most influential, widely read, and revered modernist poets. He was also a playwright, a painter, and a writer of prose. Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, he studied at Harvard University and, during World War I, served with an ambulance corps in France. He spent three months in a French detention camp and subsequently wrote The Enormous Room, a highly acclaimed criticism of World War I. After the war, Cummings returned to the States and published his first collection of poetry, Tulips & Chimneys, which was characterized by his innovative style: pushing the boundaries of language and form while discussing love, nature, and war with sensuousness and glee. He spent the rest of his life painting, writing poetry, and enjoying widespread popularity and success.
George J. Firmage edited many works by Cummings, including Erotic Poems; Complete Poems, 1904– 1962; and Fairy Tales.
George J. Firmage edited many works by Cummings, including Erotic Poems; Complete Poems, 1904– 1962; and Fairy Tales.
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