The Enormous Room (Paperback, New Edition)

E.E. Cummings; Introduction by Susan Cheever; Edited by George James Firmage

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The most notable work of fiction from our most beloved modernist poet, The Enormous Room was one of the greatest yet still not fully recognized American literary works to emerge out of World War I. Drawing on E. E. Cummings s experiences in France as a volunteer ambulance driver, this novel takes us through a series of mishaps that led to the poet s being arrested for treason and imprisoned. Out of this trauma Cummings produced a work like no other a story of oppression and injustice told with his characteristic linguistic energy and unflappable exuberance, which celebrates the spirit of the individual and offers a brave and brilliant opposition in the face of the inhumanity of war.

Illustrated with drawings Cummings made while imprisoned in France and featuring an illuminating new introduction by Susan Cheever, this reissued edition offers a unique and multifaceted lens onto the inner life of the poet in his youth and demands recognition by a twenty-first-century readership."

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Imprint:	Liveright Publishing Corporation
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	November 2014
First published:	October 2014
Authors:	E.E. Cummings
Introduction by:	Susan Cheever
Editors:	George James Firmage
Dimensions:	208 x 142 x 28mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	416
Edition:	New Edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-87140-928-7
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > General Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction Books > Fiction > Special features > Classic fiction Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > War fiction > General Promotions Books > Fiction > Promotions
LSN:	0-87140-928-3
Barcode:	9780871409287