{"product_id":"the-enormous-room-warbler-classics-9781954525252","title":"The Enormous Room (Warbler Classics)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Enormous Room\u003c\/em\u003e is a fictionalized autobiographical account of the three months that E. E. Cummings spent in a French prison under suspicion of espionage-a circumstance he could have easily avoided had he professed a hatred of Germans. 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. 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. 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. This Warbler Classics edition includes Paul Headrick's essay \u003cem\u003e\"Brilliant Obscurity: \" The Reception of \u003c\/em\u003eThe Enormous Room, \u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eas well as a detailed biographical timeline.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Warbler Classics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/17\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781954525252\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.79lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.63d","brand":"E. E. Cummings","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40493805404341,"sku":"9781954525252","price":12.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_8282859b-5408-4fd9-97c3-0204e31abf04.jpg?v=1626156486","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-enormous-room-warbler-classics-9781954525252","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}