Borges, Between History and Eternity

That Borges is one of the key figures in 20th-century literature is beyond debate. The reasons behind...
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Author: Hernan Diaz
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Borges, Between History and Eternity by Diaz, Hernan

Borges, Between History and Eternity

$131.37

Borges, Between History and Eternity

$131.37
Author: Hernan Diaz
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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.

Author: Hernan Diaz
Publisher: Continuum
Published: 08/02/2012
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9781441197795


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 09/03/2012
Choice 06/01/2013

About the Author
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.

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