CUMMINGS, E. E.

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Tulips and Chimneys. First edition, retaining the rare jacket, of the author's first book of poems. The collection includes several enduring verses, such as "in Just- spring when the world is mud- luscious...", and two poems on the First World War ("the bigness of cannon is skilful..." and "O sweet spontaneous / earth...").The book was largely composed during Cummings's residence in Paris from 1921 to 1923. In this early volume, his avant-garde approach is already clear: "The book is so obviously the work of a talented young man who is striking off in new directions, groping for original and yet precise expression, experimenting in public" (Maurer, p. 11).

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