UnconventionalineverywayEdwardEstlinCummings madestrikinguseofgrammar.Hisartswerepoetrypaintinganddramaandinallofthemhewasanexperimenterandinnovator.Thepoetry—forwhichheisbestremembered—was
UnconventionalineverywayEdwardEstlinCummings madestrikinguseofgrammar.Hisartswerepoetrypaintinganddramaandinallofthemhewasanexperimenterandinnovator.Thepoetry—forwhichheisbestremembered—wasmarkedbystrangecombinationsofwordsandexpressionsandproducedinverystrangeprinting.TheunusualtechniquesthatCummingsusedservedtopresenthisideasmoreforcefullyandeffectivelythanwouldhavebeenthecasewithmoreordinarystyles.
CummingswasborninCambridgeMassonOct.141894.HewasgraduatedfromHarvardCollegein1915andreceivedamaster'sdegreein1916.DuringWorldWarIheservedasanambulancedriverinFrance.HespentsixmonthsinadetentioncampbecauseofhisfriendshipwithanotherAmericanwhohadsupposedlycriticizedtheAlliedwareffort.Thisexperienceincreasedhisdistrustforallofficialdom（官场）adistrustthatshoweditselfinmanyofhislaterpoemsaswellasinhisfirstbook‘TheEnormousRoom'publishedin1922.
BetweenthetwoworldwarsCummingsdividedhistimebetweenParisandNewYorkCity.Hisfirstbookofversewas‘TulipsandChimneys'(1923).Inallhewrote12volumesofversewhichwerecollectedin‘CompletePoems'(1968).Thestrangenessofhisstylewascriticizedbysomebutothersfounditmeaningful.
AmongCummings'playswere‘Him'firstperformedin1927and‘Tom'(1935)aworkbasedon‘UncleTom'sCabin'.Anexperimentalprose（散文）book‘Eimi'(1933)recordeda36-dayvisittotheSovietUnion.
CummingsdiedathishomeinNorthConwayN.H.onSept.31962.HewasthesecondmostwidelyreadpoetintheUnitedStatesafterRobertFrost.HewasburiedinForestHillsCemeteryinBostonMassachusetts.
61.ThetextismainlyaboutEdwardEstlinCummings’________.
A.lifeandworks B.greetartisticabilities
C.creativeideas D.influenceonAmericanliterature
62.Cummingswaschieflyfamousas_________.
A.anovelist B.anartist C.apoet D.aplaywright
63.Whatdoestheunderlinedpart“Thisexperience”referto?
A.CummingsservedasadriverinFrance.
B.Cummingsspenthalfayearinprison.
C.Cummingsmadefriendswithanenemy.
