06-04-2003, 11:41 PM
There is a decent write-up online I found about the de-capitalization on Cummings Here and Here too.
An amusing excerpt from the second part:
D. Jon Grossman was preparing a French edition of Cummings' poems, and wrote to him, "are you E.E.Cummings, ee cummings, or what?(so far as the title page is concerned)wd u like title page all in lowercase?"
The poet replied on 1 March 1951: "E.E.Cummings, unless your printer prefers E. E. Cummings/ titlepage up to you;but may it not be tricksy svp[.]"
Besides the indication of Cummings' preference in capitalization, Grossman's message has an example of 1951 "leet speek" (...wd u like title page...) Eeek!
-rcv-
An amusing excerpt from the second part:
D. Jon Grossman was preparing a French edition of Cummings' poems, and wrote to him, "are you E.E.Cummings, ee cummings, or what?(so far as the title page is concerned)wd u like title page all in lowercase?"
The poet replied on 1 March 1951: "E.E.Cummings, unless your printer prefers E. E. Cummings/ titlepage up to you;but may it not be tricksy svp[.]"
Besides the indication of Cummings' preference in capitalization, Grossman's message has an example of 1951 "leet speek" (...wd u like title page...) Eeek!
-rcv-