The Enormous Room (Warbler Classics)
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ISBN13: 9781954525252
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The Enormous Room is a fictionalized autobiographical account of the three months that E. E. Cummings spent in a French prison under suspicion of espionage-a circumstance he could have easily avoided had he professed a hatred of Germans. Instead, when questioned, Cummings answered French authorities in a way that insured that he would accompany his friend "B." (William Slater Brown), who was indeed guilty of writing letters critical of the French government. The psychologically tense narrative-shocking and provocative in its day-juxtaposes the barbarity and inhumanity of war against the comradery and collective spirit of the oppressed. As a piece of writing, it foreshadows the whimsy, humor, pessimism, and jubilance that would come to characterize Cummings's poetry while, on its own, it stands as a major work of World War I literature. This Warbler Classics edition includes Paul Headrick's essay "Brilliant Obscurity:" The Reception of The Enormous Room, as well as a detailed biographical timeline."It's not as an account of a war atrocity or as an attack on France...that The Enormous Room is important, but as a distinct conscious creation separate from anything else under heaven."-John Dos Passos
| ISBN-13 | 9781954525252 |
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| ISBN-10 | 1954525257 |
| Weight | 0.79 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 5.50 x 0.70 x 8.50 In |
| List Price | $12.95 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Language | English |
| Publisher | Warbler Classics |
| Published On | 2021-04-15 |
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