Ilan Stavans: Jorge Luis Borges | Taschenbuch

Cover: 9780197761380 | Jorge Luis Borges | A Very Short Introduction | Ilan Stavans | Buch

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A celebration of the life and works of one of the most influential world literary figures of the twentieth century, this Very Short Introduction traces Jorge Luis Borges's trajectory from his beginnings in Buenos Aires through the Dirty War in Argentina. It gives an engaging overview of his writings and their themes and shows how his career redefined Latin American as well as global literature.

Über den Autor

Ilan Stavans is Lewis-Sebring Professor of Humanities and Latin American and Latino Culture at Amherst College and a consultant to the Oxford English Dictionary. He is the editor of The Oxford Handbook of Latino Studies and author of The Seventh Heaven: Travels Through Jewish Latin America and Borges, the Jew, as well as many other books.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of illustrations

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Borges as symbol

1. A "capsuled" life

2. Misreadings

3. Oblivion

4. The taxonomy of evil

5. Translation matters

6. Against parochialism

7. Games with time and the infinite

8. The limits of language

Epilogue: Borgesian

References

Further reading

Index

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2025
Genre:	Importe
Rubrik:	Literaturwissenschaft
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Reihe:	Very Short Introductions
ISBN-13:	9780197761380
ISBN-10:	0197761380
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Stavans, Ilan
Hersteller:	Oxford University Press OUP USA
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Abbildungen:	10 illustrations
Maße:	174 x 107 x 10 mm
Von/Mit:	Ilan Stavans
Erscheinungsdatum:	12.08.2025
Gewicht:	0,128 kg