{"product_id":"the-theatre-of-ee-cummings-e-e-cummings-9780871406545","title":"The Theatre of E.E. Cummings","description":"\u003cem\u003eThe Theatre of E. E. Cummings\u003c\/em\u003e collects in their entirety Cummings's long out-of-print theatrical works: the plays \u003cem\u003eHIM\u003c\/em\u003e (1927), \u003cem\u003eAnthropos\u003c\/em\u003e (1930), and \u003cem\u003eSanta Claus\u003c\/em\u003e (1946), and the ballet treatment \u003cem\u003eTom\u003c\/em\u003e (1935). In \u003cem\u003eHIM\u003c\/em\u003e, a creatively blocked artist and his lover, Me, struggle to bridge the impasse in their relationship and in his art. In \u003cem\u003eAnthropos\u003c\/em\u003e, a Platonic parable, three \"infrahumans\" brainstorm slogans while a man sketches on a cave wall; and in \u003cem\u003eSanta Claus\u003c\/em\u003e, Death and Saint Nick exchange identities. Harriet Beecher Stowe's \u003cem\u003eUncle Tom's Cabin\u003c\/em\u003e is reimagined as dance, transforming the novel into a symbolic attack against Evil itself. Cummings's prodigious creativity is on display in each of these works, which are ultimately about the place of the artist outside of society. \"DON'T TRY TO UNDERSTAND IT, LET IT TRY TO UNDERSTAND YOU,\" Cummings famously wrote about his intentions for the stage. Thoughtful and witty, Cummings's dramas are an integral part of his canon.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e E. E. Cummings\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0871406543\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780871406545\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Liveright Publishing Corporation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/07\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.79lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.37h x 5.82w x 0.76d","brand":"E. E. Cummings","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44080277913855,"sku":"9780871406545","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_21104201-3067-4d5d-9f6e-f1374d1811aa.jpg?v=1685485920","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-theatre-of-ee-cummings-e-e-cummings-9780871406545","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}