Out of Context : Historical Reference and the Representation of Reality in Borges /

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In Jorge Luis Borges's finely wrought, fantastic stories, so filigreed with strange allusions, critics have consistently found little to relate to the external world, to history--in short, to reality. Out of Context corrects this shortsighted view and reveals the very real basis of the Argentin...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Balderston, Daniel, 1952- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Durham [N.C.] : Duke University Press, 1993.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Borges, Jorge Luis, > 1899-1986.
Borges, Jorge Luis, > 1899-1986 > Criticism and interpretation.
Werkelijkheid.
Geschiedenis.
Reality in literature.
History in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Caribbean & Latin American.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > Spanish & Portuguese.
Histoire dans la litterature.
Realite dans la litterature.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: History, Politics, and Literature in Borges
  • Menard and His Contemporaries: The Arms and Letters Debate
  • The "Labyrinth of Trenches without Any Plan" in "El jardin de senderos que se bifurcan"
  • Prague, March 1939: Recovering the Historicity of "El milagro secreto"
  • Cryptogram and Scripture: Losing Count in "La escritura del dios"
  • Going Native: Beyond Civilization and Savagery in "Historia del guerrero y de la cautiva"
  • On the Threshold of Otherness: British India in "El hombre en el umbral"
  • Behind Closed Doors: The Guayaquil Meeting and the Silences of History
  • Conclusion.

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