American Literature / Unit 14 AML 1333 short lesson, about 20 seconds
e. e. cummings and the Typography
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The idea
Cummings broke words across lines, dropped capitals, moved punctuation into the middle of words and let the arrangement on the page carry meaning. The tricks serve a fairly traditional lyric sensibility, and the poems are often about spring, love and individuality against the crowd.
In practice
A page rearranged, around an old subject.
Where people slip
The experiment is in the typography, not the feeling.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
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