| The Enormous Room Revised Edition Contributor(s): Cummings, E. E. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0486421201 ISBN-13: 9780486421209 Publisher: Dover Publications OUR PRICE: $4.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2002 Annotation: A high-energy romp, the poet's prose memoir recounts his military service in World War I, when a comedy of errors led to his unjust arrest and imprisonment for treason. This edition restores a significant amount of material deleted from the book's initial publication in 1922 and features 57 illustrations by Cummings. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | Subjects & Themes - Places - Fiction | Classics |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2002017452 |
| Series: Dover Thrift Editions |
| Physical Information: 0.49" H x 5.2" W x 8.18" (0.36 lbs) 208 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |