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cumming's poetry

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From: Nigel Ling
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 12:44
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In article <1993Jan28.060001.15808@nuscc.nus.sg> tim@iss.nus.sg (Tim Poston) writes:
>behrens@cc.swarthmore.edu (Eric Behrens) writes:
>: Maybe it could do e e cummings, but a novel...  :Q)
>1) e e cummings did write a novel (The Enormous Room),
>   based on his prisoner of war experiences.
>2) he was one of the most `poetic' of poets,
>   using the lateral, more analogue than digital,
>   possibilities of English to the limit.

Eh? What the hell is the analogue as opposed to digital possibilities
of English??

Well, I'm no critic of poetry and haven't seen a great deal of
Cumming's work but he does seem
to do
an
aw
ful
l
o
t
ofthis
.

&Nigel\
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From: mapd1@syma.sussex.ac.uk (Nigel Ling)
Subject: cumming's poetry
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