The Enormous Room (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780486421209)

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.

Author: E. E. Cummings
ISBN-10: 0486421201
ISBN-13: 9780486421209
Publisher: Dover Publications
Language: English
Published: 08/26/2002
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.36lbs
Size: 8.18h x 5.20w x 0.49d