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The Enormous Room

E. E. Cummings, Susan Cheever, George James Firmage

"Of all the work by young men who have sprung up since 1920 one book survives-The Enormous Room by E. E. Cummings."-F. Scott Fitzgerald

The most notable work of fiction from our most beloved modernist poet, The Enormous Room was one of the greatest-yet still not fully recognised- 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 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.

Format:
Paperback / softback
Pages:
416
Publisher:
WW Norton & Co
ISBN:
9780871409287
Published Date:
20/11/2014
Dimensions:
208mm x 142mm x 28mm
Weight:
327g
Category:
Literature: history & criticism

RRP: £11.99

Format: Paperback / softback

ISBN: 9780871409287


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