The Beauty of Living by J. Alison Rosenblitt PAPERBACK 9780393868319

Name: The Beauty of Living by J. Alison Rosenblitt PAPERBACK 9780393868319
Brand: WW Norton & Co

WW Norton & Co

Intimate and richly detailed, The Beauty of Living begins with Cummings\u2019s Cambridge, Massachusetts upbringing and his relationship with his socially progressive but domestically domineering father. It follows Cummings through his undergraduate experience at Harvard, where he fell into a circle of aspiring writers including John Dos Passos, who became a lifelong friend. Steeped in classical paganism and literary decadence, Cummings and his friends rode the explosion of Cubism, Futurism, Imagism and other \u201Cmodern\u201D movements in the arts. As the United States prepared to enter the First World War, Cummings volunteered as an ambulance driver, was shipped out to Paris and met his first love, Marie Louise Lallemand, who was working in Paris as a prostitute. Soon after reaching the front, however,\n\nThe Beauty of Living \u2013 E. E. Cummings in the Great War\nE. E. Cummings in the Great War\nFree UK delivery on this item.\n\nThis brand new item is available with free UK deliv;