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.
| ISBN: | 9780871409287 |
| Publication date: | 20th November 2014 |
| Author: | E E Cummings |
| Publisher: | Liveright Publishing Corporation an imprint of Liveright |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 416 pages |
| Genres: |
Literature: history and criticism |