The Enormous Room - Softcover

E. E. Cummings; Susan Cheever; George James Firmage

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0871409283 ISBN 13: 9780871409287

Publisher: Liveright, 2014

Synopsis

'Of all the work by young men who have sprung up since 1920 one book survives-The Enormous Room by E. E. Cummings.'-F. Scott Fitzgerald The most notable work of fiction from our most beloved modernist poet, The Enormous Room was one of the greatest-yet still not fully recognized- American literary works to emerge out of World War I. Drawing on E.

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About the Author:

E. E. Cummings (1894-1962) was among the most influential, widely read, and revered modernist poets. He was also a playwright, a painter, and a writer of prose. Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, he studied at Harvard University and, during World War I, served with an ambulance corps in France. He spent three months in a French detention camp and subsequently wrote The Enormous Room, a highly acclaimed criticism of World War I. After the war, Cummings returned to the States and published his first collection of poetry, Tulips & Chimneys, which was characterized by his innovative style: pushing the boundaries of language and form while discussing love, nature, and war with sensuousness and glee. He spent the rest of his life painting, writing poetry, and enjoying widespread popularity and success. Susan Cheever, a novelist and memoirist and the author of E. E. Cummings: A Life, lives in New York. George J. Firmage edited many works by Cummings, including Erotic Poems; Complete Poems, 1904- 1962; and Fairy Tales.

About this edition

• Publisher: Liveright
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0871409283
• ISBN 13: 9780871409287
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320