Out of Context : Historical Reference and the Representation of Reality in Borges /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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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
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Sumario: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 Argentine master's purported ""irreality."" By providing the historical context for some of the writer's best-loved and least understood works, this study also gives us a new sense of Borges's place within the context of contemporary literature. Through a detailed examination of seven stories, Dan
Descripción Física:1 online resource (232 pages).
ISBN:9780822383024

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