| Borges, between History and Eternity Contributor(s): Diaz, Hernan (Author) |
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ISBN: 1441197796 ISBN-13: 9781441197795 Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC OUR PRICE: $39.55 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism |
| Dewey: 868 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.4" W x 8.4" (0.60 lbs) 208 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: That Borges is one of the key figures in 20th-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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Diaz, Hernan: - Hernan Diaz is Managing Editor of Revista Hispánica Moderna and Associate Director of the Hispanic Institute at Columbia University, USA. Formerly he has been a professor at the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, and the State University of New York (Albany), USA. |