The Enormous Room (Warbler Classics) - by E E Cummings (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br><p><em>The Enormous Room</em> is a fictionalized autobiographical account of the three months that E. E. Cummings spent in a French prison. Includes Paul Headrick's essay <em>"Brilliant Obscurity." </em></p><p><br></p><p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><em>The Enormous Room</em> 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 <em>"Brilliant Obscurity: " The Reception of </em>The Enormous Room, <em> </em>as well as a detailed biographical timeline.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>"It's not as an account of a war atrocity or as an attack on France...that <em>The Enormous Room</em> is important, but as a distinct conscious creation separate from anything else under heaven." -John Dos Passos</p><p><br></p><br>
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