The Enormous Room is a fictionalized autobiographical account of the three months that E.
This Warbler Classics edition includes Paul Headrick\'s essay "Brilliant Obscurity: " The Reception of The Enormous Room, as well as a detailed biographical timeline..
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.
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.
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.
Cummings spent in a French prison under suspicion of espionage-a circumstance he could have easily avoided had he professed a hatred of Germans.
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The Enormous Room is a fictionalized autobiographical account of the three months that E
