Puella mea by E. E. Cummings
"Puella Mea" by E. E. Cummings is a poem first published in 1921. At 290 lines, it stands as Cummings' longest poem, celebrating his first wife Elaine through elaborate historical and literary allusions. The Latin title meaning "My Girl" references Catullus while the verse itself blends Romance traditions with the Song of Solomon. Critics debate whether this early work represents youthful excess or a delightful departure from Cummings' witty romanticism, with its
ornate language maintaining mysterious distance between subject and reader. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Cummings, E. E. (Edward Estlin), 1894-1962 |
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| Artist | Klee, Paul, 1879-1940 |
| Artist | Modigliani, Amedeo, 1884-1920 |
| Artist | Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973 |
| Artist | Roesch, Kurt, 1905-1984 |
| Title | Puella mea |
| Original Publication | United States: The Golden Eagle Press,1923. |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puella_Mea |
| Credits | Charlene Taylor, Linda Cantoni, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 43.3 (College-level). Difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature |
| Subject | American poetry -- 20th century |
| Subject | Love poetry |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 67384 |
| Release Date | Feb 12, 2022 |
| Most Recently Updated | Oct 18, 2024 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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