Point(s) d’écart chez E. E. Cummings

This article poses the problem of ‘écart’ or deviation as a relative one, in other words as intrinsic to the creative act. The argument then concerns degrees and levels of what it considers, paradoxically, to be the norm. Focusing on the most original part of E. E. Cummings’s work, his poempictures,...

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Main Author: Penelope Sacks-Galey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centre de Recherche "Texte et Critique de Texte" 2011-12-01
Series:Sillages Critiques
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/sillagescritiques/2251
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Point(s) d’écart chez E. E. Cummings
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norm
space as signifier
interval
interstice
punctuation
typographical variation
title Point(s) d’écart chez E. E. Cummings
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punctuation
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