Facts On E.E. Cummings
I
-Biographical Data
a) Born in 1894
b) Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts
c) Edward and Rebecca Haswell Clarke Cummings, father was a professor of sociology and political science at Harvard University and later a Unitarian minister.
d) His only sibling, a sister, Elizabeth, was born six years after he was.
e) From 1911 to 1916, Cummings attended Harvard University, from which he received a B.A. degree in 1915 and a Master\\\'s degree for English and Classical Studies in 1916.
f) Cummings was married three times, including a long common-law marriage
g) Died in 1962
II.
-Literary Career
A.
-Early Influence
1. Gertrude Stein
2. Ezra Pound
B.
-Beginnings as a writer
1. In 1917, Cummings enlisted in the Norton-Harjes Ambulance Corp
2. Cummings\\\' first published work was a collection of poems entitled Tulips and Chimneys (1923)
C.
-Works
1. Many of Cummings\\\' poems address social......
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