The Enormous Room (Dover Thrift Editions: Classic Novels)
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- Synopsis
- One of the most important and popular American poets of the 20th century, e. e. cummings is best known for his brilliant and innovative verse and its distinctive lack of uppercase letters and conventional grammar. He was also a Cubist painter and a World War I veteran. At the age of 23, he abandoned his artistic pursuits for voluntary service as an ambulance driver in France. His military career culminated in a comedy of errors leading to his arrest and imprisonment for treason, as he memorably recounts in The Enormous Room. Cummings transforms a tale of unjust incarceration into a high-energy romp and a celebration of the indomitable human spirit that ranks with the best of its contemporaries, including the works of Hemingway and Dos Passos. This edition restores a significant amount of material deleted from the book's initial publication in 1922.
- Copyright:
- 2002
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 208 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780486110929
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780486421209
- Publisher:
- Dover Publications
- Date of Addition:
- 05/06/22
- Copyrighted By:
- Dover Publications
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Literature and Fiction
- Grade Levels:
- Ninth grade
- Reading Age:
- 14 and up
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.