{"product_id":"a-miscellany-9780871406538","title":"A Miscellany","description":"\u003cp\u003eFormally fractured and yet gleefully alive and whole, E. E. Cummings's groundbreaking modernist poetry expanded the boundaries of language. In \u003cem\u003eA Miscellany\u003c\/em\u003e, originally released in a limited run in 1958, Cummings lent his delightfully original voice to \"a cluster of epigrams,\" a poem, three speeches from an unfinished play, and forty-nine essays--most of them previously written for or published in magazines, anthologies, or art gallery catalogues. Seven years later, George J. Firmage--editor of much of Cummings's work, including \u003cem\u003eComplete Poems\u003c\/em\u003e--broadened the scope of this delightfully eclectic collection, adding seven more poems and essays, and many of Cummings's unpublished line drawings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTogether, these pieces paint a distinctive portrait of Cummings's eccentric, yet precise, genius. Like his poetry, Cummings's prose is lively; often witty, biting, and offbeat, he is an intelligent observer and critic of the modern. His essays explore everything from Cubism to the circus, equally quick to analyze his poetic contemporaries and satirize New York society. As Cummings wrote in his original foreword, \u003cem\u003eA Miscellany\u003c\/em\u003e contains \"a great deal of liveliness and nothing dead.\" This remains true today, more than fifty years after its original publication.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Liveright Publishing Corporation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/24\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780871406538\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.80w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/23\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/24\/2018\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"E. E. Cummings","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52379411349685,"sku":"9780871406538","price":22.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_1c98e0c2-cb1f-4574-8899-401cf7487dbc.jpg?v=1774372743","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/a-miscellany-9780871406538","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}