The Enormous Room

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The Enormous Room is a semi-autobiographical memoir by E. E. Cummings recounting his imprisonment in a French detention camp during World War I, noted for its experimental style and humanistic insight.

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instanceOf book ⓘ
memoir ⓘ
semi-autobiographical work ⓘ
author E. E. Cummings ⓘ
basedOn E. E. Cummings' imprisonment in France ⓘ
E. E. Cummings' personal experiences ⓘ
contains anti-war elements ⓘ
social criticism ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
genre autobiographical novel ⓘ
memoir ⓘ
hasAutobiographicalElement yes ⓘ
hasCharacter E. E. Cummings ⓘ
surface form: E. E. Cummings (narrator)
hasForm prose ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryCategory 20th-century American literature ⓘ
literaryMovement modernism ⓘ
literarySignificance important early work of E. E. Cummings ⓘ
mainSubject World War I ⓘ
humanism ⓘ
imprisonment ⓘ
war ⓘ
narrativePerspective first-person ⓘ
notableFor critique of military bureaucracy ⓘ
humanistic insight ⓘ
innovative narrative style ⓘ
placeOfNarrative France ⓘ
portrays conditions in a French detention camp ⓘ
diverse group of prisoners ⓘ
setting French detention camp ⓘ
styleCharacteristic experimental prose ⓘ
linguistic playfulness ⓘ
nonlinear narrative ⓘ
stream-of-consciousness elements ⓘ
targetAudience adult readers ⓘ
theme absurdity of war ⓘ
friendship ⓘ
human dignity ⓘ
identity ⓘ
individual versus authority ⓘ
injustice ⓘ
timePeriodDescribed World War I ⓘ
tone compassionate ⓘ
ironic ⓘ
satirical ⓘ

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E. E. Cummings → notableWork → The Enormous Room ⓘ