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- Author: E E Cummings
- Publisher: Warbler Classics
- Year: 2021
- Pages: 279
- ISBN-10: 1954525257
- ISBN-13: 9781954525252
- Format: 14 x 21.6 x 1.6 cm, minkšti viršeliai
- Language: English
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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.
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- Author: E E Cummings
- Publisher: Warbler Classics
- Year: 2021
- Pages: 279
- ISBN-10: 1954525257
- ISBN-13: 9781954525252
- Format: 14 x 21.6 x 1.6 cm, minkšti viršeliai
- Language: English English
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.
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