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Borges, between history and eternity

Díaz, Hernán 1973- (Author).

Summary: "That Borges is one of the key figures in twentieth-century literature is beyond debate. The reasons behind this claim, however, are a matter of contention. In Latin America he is read as someone who reorganized the canon, questioned literary hierarchies, and redefined the role of marginal literatures. On the other hand, in the rest of the world, most readers (and dictionaries) tend to identify the adjective Borgesian with intricate metaphysical puzzles and labyrinthine speculations of universal reach, completely detached from particular traditions. One reading is context-saturated, while the other is context-deprived. Oddly enough, these institutional and transcendental approaches have not been pitched against each other in a critical way. Borges, between History and Eternity brings these perspectives together by considering key aspects of Borges's work--the reciprocal determinations of politics, philosophy and literature; the simultaneously confining and emancipating nature of language; and the incipient program for a literature of the Americas."--Bloomsbury Publishing

Record details

ISBN: 144115292X
ISBN: 9781441152923
ISBN: 1472543009
ISBN: 9781472543004
ISBN: 1283891239
ISBN: 9781283891233
ISBN: 1441169091
ISBN: 9781441169099
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 176 pages)
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Publisher: London ; New York : Continuum, ©2012.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	God and country -- When fiction lives in fiction -- Edgar Allan Poe (on murder considered as metaphysics) -- Walt Whitman, an American, a kosmos.
Restrictions on Access Note:	NLC staff and students only.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.