The Enormous Room (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: e. e. cummings
- First Published: 1922
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Autobiographical
- Time of Work: 1917
- Setting: France
- Principal Characters: E. E. Cummings, W. S. B., Apollyon, Rockyfeller, The Wanderer, Zoo-loo, Surplice, Jean Le Nègre
- Genres: Long fiction
- Subjects: Self-discovery
- Locales: France
The Story:
The poet E. E. Cummings and his friend B. were unhappy as members of the Norton-Harjes Ambulance Service, a unit sent by Americans to aid the French during World War I. One day they were arrested by French military police. From hints dropped during an investigation, Cummings gathered that B. had written letters the censor found suspicious. Because they were good friends, both men were held for questioning. They never found out exactly what they were suspected of doing. On one occasion, Cummings was asked whether he hated the Germans. He replied that he did not, that...
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