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ISBN-10: 1564782786
ISBN-13: 9781564782786
Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
Publish Date: 07/01/1984
Dimensions: 8.04" L, 5.50" W, 0.23" H

Splendide-Hôtel

Afterword by: Robert Creeley

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Overview

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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Details

ISBN-10: 1564782786
ISBN-13: 9781564782786
Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
Publish Date: 07/01/1984
Dimensions: 8.04" L, 5.50" W, 0.23" H
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