Splendide-Hôtel

by Gilbert Sorrentino

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Arthur Rimbaud's invented "Splendide-Hotel," "built in the chaos of ice and of the polar night," provides the occasion for Sorrentino's imaginative meditation on letters and language. Each chapter serves as an opportunity for the author to expand on thoughts and images suggested by a letter of the alphabet, as well as to reflect upon the workings of the imagination, particularly in the art of William Carlos Williams and Arthur Rimbaud. Reminiscent of the philosophical treatise/poem "On Being Blue" by William H. Glass, "Splendide-Hotel" is a Grand Hotel of the mind, splendidly conceived.… (more)

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Splendide-Hôtel defies the quick classification. It celebrates Symbolism, knitting lace flourishes between Rimbaud and William Carlos Williams. It settles some scores, that means you, Wallace Stevens. Splendide-Hôtel
reveals and revels; baseball and jazz are placed on an alter. Sorrentino's project is a series of case studies, each devoted to a letter of the alphabet. The focus initially appears random but the associations become gradually associated and focuses until thematically the work becomes a wonderful palindrome. When the majesty of such is realized, one is tempted to rent one's clothing in anguish, why not more?
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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Gilbert Sorrentino	—	primary author	all editions	calculated
Creeley, Robert	Afterword	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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Arthur Rimbaud's invented "Splendide-Hotel," "built in the chaos of ice and of the polar night," provides the occasion for Sorrentino's imaginative meditation on letters and language. Each chapter serves as an opportunity for the author to expand on thoughts and images suggested by a letter of the alphabet, as well as to reflect upon the workings of the imagination, particularly in the art of William Carlos Williams and Arthur Rimbaud. Reminiscent of the philosophical treatise/poem "On Being Blue" by William H. Glass, "Splendide-Hotel" is a Grand Hotel of the mind, splendidly conceived.

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