Nonlectures by Cummings E E (101 results)

Paperback. Condition: Fair. Revised ed. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.

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Condition: Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

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Paperback. Condition: Fair. ?Marvelously unconventional.a credo of intense individualism.??AtlanticA brilliantly eccentric autobiography from one of the most widely read poets of the twentieth century. ?Let me cordially warn you, at the opening of these socalled lectures, that I haven?t the remotest intention of posing as a lecturer.? So begins the first of six delightfully off-kilter ?nonlectures? delivered at Harvard in 1952?1953. Gleefully flouting the conventions of the prestigious Charles Eliot Norton Professorship in Poetry, which had previously hosted T. S. Eliot, Igor Stravinsky, and other luminaries, E. E. Cummings declines to offer anything in the way of critical analysis, citing Rainer Maria Rilke?s contention that ?Works of art are of an infinite loneliness and with nothing to be so little reached as with criticism.? Instead, six nonlectures presents a kaleidoscopic tour of the great poet?s life, influences, and favorite poems, from Chaucer, Wordsworth, and Swinburne to selections of his own work. After an autobiographical sketch of his youth in Cambridge, Massachusetts?including reflections on his father?s tragic death, accounts of his formative relationships with the pragmatist philosophers William James and Josiah Royce, stories from his days as a Harvard undergraduate, and readings of his earliest attempts at poetry?Cummings captivates with stream-of-consciousness musings on a dizzying array of subjects: freedom and democracy, New York and Paris, Lenin?s tomb and high-speed elevators, death and Santa Claus. Replete with digressions, irreverent wordplay, and, of course, parentheses, six nonlectures is a moving tribute to the spirit of artistic individuality, that dedication to unmitigated personal truth without which the poet ?would cease to exist at all..…

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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Later Printing. 8vo - over 73/4" - 93/4" tall.

paperback. Condition: Near Fine. DETAILS: PAPERBACK, attractive copy, near fine, with. CUMMINGS, E. E. I: six nonlectures. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2002, 19th printing, 118pp., . Series: Charles Eliot Norton lectures, 1952 CONTENTS: Nonlecture 1. I & my parents -- Nonlecture 2. I & their son -- Nonlecture 3. I & selfdiscovery -- Nonlecture 4. I & you & is -- Nonlecture 5. I & now & him -- Nonlecture 6. I & am & Santa Claus. 9780674440104 ISBN 0674440102.…

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Paperback. Condition: Acceptable. Eighth Printing. The book is a paperback edition with noticeable wear and discoloration on the cover, reflecting its age and use. There is no dust jacket. The pages show signs of foxing and staining, particularly at the edges, but the binding remains secure. no dust jacket, cover shows wear and discoloration.…

Paperback. Condition: Acceptable. Dust Jacket Condition: no dust jacket present. Fourth Printing. The book is in good condition with noticeable wear on the cover, including some edge wear and slight discoloration due to age. The spine is intact, and the binding remains firm. There is no dust jacket, which is typical for this paperback edition. The pages are clean with minimal yellowing, and there are no inscriptions or library markings. …

Softcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Fouth printing, 1965 published by Atheneum. Good condition. The covers look are tanned and have light staining to the bottom rear corner (near the spine). The book is rolled forward a bit. The binding is tight. The interior pages are unmarked and lightly tanned. USPS electronic tracking number issued free of charge.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Without dust jacket. First Edition, First Printing. Sold as a very good reading copy only. Octavo, 9 1/2" tall, 118 pages, black cloth. A very good, otherwise clean and neat hard cover first edition over-all with moderate shelf wear, binding tight, paper lightly yellowed but with light foxing to the top fore-edge. Without dust jacket.…

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. Dust jacket quite worn, with considerable edgewear, scratching and rubbing. Book has some light soiling to endpapers. ; Clean and tight. Second printing. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 118 pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 120 Pages.

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