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The title of Cummings' dissertation was "I and my family." "I can't tell you what I don't know," he said, "so I'll tell you something about myself."

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cummings Talks On Recollections In First Lecture | 10/29/1952 | See Source »

Last night Cummings read William Wordsworth's "Recollections of Childhood."

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cummings Talks On Recollections In First Lecture | 10/29/1952 | See Source »

"I am not lecturing," E. E. Cummings '15 told a packed Sanders Theatre audience last night in the first Charles Eliot Norton Lecture. "Lecturing means teaching, and I am learning."

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cummings Talks On Recollections In First Lecture | 10/29/1952 | See Source »

Cummings said he would not attempt to analyze poetry. He will, however, devote fifteen minutes of each lecture to reading poetry "I am in no way connected with. That will leave thirty-five minutes to ramble on about myself."

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cummings Talks On Recollections In First Lecture | 10/29/1952 | See Source »

In his first lecture, Cummings spoke about his father and mother. In the future, he will discuss himself, when he ceased being dependent on his parents. He will talk about his "self-discovery" and, finally, his stance as a poet.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cummings Talks On Recollections In First Lecture | 10/29/1952 | See Source »

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