The Grand Babylon Hotel by Arnold Bennett (English) Paperback Book

Description: The Grand Babylon Hotel by Arnold Bennett This novel, out of print for decades, raises serious questions about the possibilities for a truly cosmopolitan world, offering a dazzling picture of what this would look like. The historical appendices to this edition include extensive photographs and documents from the history of the Savoy Hotel (the model for the Grand Babylon) and material on the film version. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description The Grand Babylon Hotel opens with New York millionaire Theodore Racksoles demand for an ""Angel Kiss"" - an American concoction the Grand Babylon does not serve. Racksole and his daughter Nella are on vacation, but quickly find themselves running the hotel, after Theodores impulsive purchase of the establishment from founder and owner Felix Babylon. Soon the Racksoles are rushing to solve the mystery that threatens the reigning Prince of Posen - and Nellas future. The hotel itself opens possibilities for adventure, discovery, and wonder that the Racksoles had never anticipated.The novel, out of print for decades, raises serious questions about the possibilities for a truly cosmopolitan world, offering a dazzling picture of what this would look like. The historical appendices to this edition include extensive photographs and documents from the history of the Savoy Hotel (the model for the Grand Babylon) and material on the film version. Author Biography Randi Saloman is Assistant Teaching Professor at Wake Forest University, USA. Table of Contents AcknowledgementsIntroductionArnold Bennett: A Brief ChronologyA Note on the TextThe Grand Babylon HotelAppendix A: Bennetts Journal and LettersFrom The Journal of Arnold Bennett 1896-1928 (1933)From Letters of Arnold Bennett (1966-86)Appendix B: Other Works by BennettFrom The Authors Craft and other Critical Writings (1914)From The Truth About an Author (1903)From Imperial Palace (1930)Appendix C: Photographs and Caricatures of Arnold BennettAppendix D: Contemporary Reviews of The Grand Babylon HotelAcademy (18 January 1902)Times Literary Supplement (24 January 1902)From Spectator (25 January 1902)Appendix E: The Savoy Hotel: Historical Accounts, Photographs, and Related ImagesFrom the Savoy Hotel WebsiteFrom Compton Mackenzie, The Savoy of London (1953)From Stanley Jackson, The Savoy: A Century of Taste (1989)Photographs from the Savoy Hotel Archives and Related ImagesAppendix F: From Anthony Hope, The Prisoner of Zenda (1894)Appendix G: Film Versions of The Grand Babylon HotelAdvertisements for the Lost Grand Babylon Hotel Film (1916)Excerpts from the Draft Screenplay of the Unmade Gavin Lambert/Lindsay Anderson Grand Babylon Hotel Film (1970s)Correspondence Related to the Film ProjectWorks Cited and Select Bibliography Review "Randi Salomans editing makes The Grand Babylon Hotel even grander, adding layers of historical, culinary, linguistic, and geographical detail to this fascinating and revelatory fiction. A lucid introduction and magnificent footnotes help to bring Bennett back to life--a resuscitation he surely deserves! This edition is wonderful for teaching--the contextual material is wisely selected and helps to put Bennett into his proper milieu and to bring him--thanks to Salomans scholarly vitality and conviction--into ours."-- Elaine Freedgood, New York University "For too long Arnold Bennetts posthumous reputation has been overshadowed by his public disagreements with Virginia Woolf: he decried her cleverness, the lowest of artistic qualities; while she considered him a workman, a materialist, the representative of an outmoded generation. But the range and vitality of his works give the lie to Woolfs assessment, and in The Grand Babylon Hotel we encounter a young and ambitious Bennett, a writer exploring the spaces, identities, and anxieties of urban modernity. Through her careful notes, contextual appendices, and illuminating introduction, Randi Saloman welcomes us to the Babylon Hotel, where anonymity and aporia, the community and connection of its rooms and corridors, seem to embody the paradoxes of modern life. Much overdue, this new edition will introduce Bennetts strange and enthralling fantasia to a whole new generation of readers."-- Amber Regis, University of Sheffield "The modern hotel is a locus for all the fluidities, anxieties, and opportunities for self-invention that define modernity itself, as Arnold Bennett recognized in his delightful, genre-confounding novel The Grand Babylon Hotel, a mystery-farce accented by sharp observations on the nature of modern identity. Randi Salomons fine edition of the novel situates it equally well in the contexts of Bennetts career, of Edwardian and modernist literary history, and of the dynamic first years of the turbulent twentieth century. Her illuminating introduction is equally well-attuned to its playful and thoughtful sides, and demonstrates why, even when he is having fun, Arnold Bennett is worth serious reading." -- Robert Squillace, New York University "Appendices include Bennetts views on [Grand Babylon Hotel] from his Journal and Letters; quotations relevant to GBH from other writings by Bennett; photographs and images of Bennett; contemporary reviews of GBH; quotations from different histories of the Savoy Hotel including photographs, highly relevant as the Grand Babylon is based on the Savoy as indeed is Bennetts last completed novel Imperial Palace (1930); and details of the lost 1916 film of the novel ... With all the extras this edition provides outstanding value added and is a significant contribution to the 150th celebration of Bennetts birth in 2017." -- Martin Laux, archivist of the Arnold Bennett Society "The Grand Babylon Hotel is a ripping good yarn, and Randi Salomans new edition for Broadview truly does it justice ... Saloman matches the exuberance and vivacity--and the rich detail-- of her subject in the first-rate and well-written scholarly apparatus she provides as part of this new edition. Like other Broadview editions, this one comes complete with an extensive and illuminating introduction, appendices providing important background and context on author and work, and detailed explanatory footnotes" -- Janine Utell, English Literature in Transition 1880-1920 Long Description The Grand Babylon Hotelopens with New York millionaire Theodore Racksoles demand for an "Angel Kiss" --an American concoction the Grand Babylon does not serve. Racksole and his daughter Nella are on vacation, but quickly find themselves running the hotel, after Theodores impulsive purchase of the establishment from founder and owner Felix Babylon. Soon the Racksoles are rushing to solve the mystery that threatens the reigning Prince of Posen -- and Nellas future. The hotel itself opens possibilities for adventure, discovery, and wonder that the Racksoles had never anticipated. The novel, out of print for decades, raises serious questions about the possibilities for a truly cosmopolitan world, offering a dazzling picture of what this would look like. The historical appendices to this edition include extensive photographs and documents from the history of the Savoy Hotel (the model for the Grand Babylon) and material on the film version. Review Quote "Randi Salomans editing makes The Grand Babylon Hoteleven grander, adding layers of historical, culinary, linguistic, and geographical detail to this fascinating and revelatory fiction. A lucid introduction and magnificent footnotes help to bring Bennett back to life-a resuscitation he surely deserves! This edition is wonderful for teaching-the contextual material is wisely selected and helps to put Bennett into his proper milieu and to bring him-thanks to Salomans scholarly vitality and conviction-into ours."-Elaine Freedgood, New York University "For too long Arnold Bennetts posthumous reputation has been overshadowed by his public disagreements with Virginia Woolf: he decried her cleverness, the lowest of artistic qualities; while she considered him a workman, a materialist, the representative of an outmoded generation. But the range and vitality of his works give the lie to Woolfs assessment, and in The Grand Babylon Hotelwe encounter a young and ambitious Bennett, a writer exploring the spaces, identities, and anxieties of urban modernity. Through her careful notes, contextual appendices, and illuminating introduction, Randi Saloman welcomes us to the Babylon Hotel, where anonymity and aporia, the community and connection of its rooms and corridors, seem to embody the paradoxes of modern life. Much overdue, this new edition will introduce Bennetts strange and enthralling fantasia to a whole new generation of readers."-Amber Regis, University of Sheffield Details ISBN1554811880 Author Arnold Bennett Pages 280 Publisher Broadview Press Ltd Series Broadview Editions Year 2016 ISBN-10 1554811880 ISBN-13 9781554811885 Format Paperback Imprint Broadview Press Ltd Place of Publication Peterborough Country of Publication Canada Edited by Randi Saloman Illustrations 28 illustrations Birth 1867 Death 1931 Short Title GRAND BABYLON HOTEL Language English Media Book DEWEY FIC Publication Date 2016-08-03 UK Release Date 2016-08-30 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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