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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822349203321

Autore

Gracia Jorge J. E

Titolo

Painting Borges [[electronic resource] ] : philosophy interpreting art interpreting literature / / Jorge J.E. Gracia

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, : SUNY Press, c2012

ISBN

1-4619-0647-4

1-4384-4179-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (323 p.)

Collana

SUNY series in Latin American and Iberian thought and culture

Disciplina

700.1

Soggetti

Art and literature

Art - Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-290) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Painting Borges: Philosophy Interpreting Art Interpreting Literature -- Contents -- Stories -- Plates -- Preface -- 1: Introduction -- I: Painted Stories -- Identity and Memory -- 2: The Other -- 3: Funes, the Memorious -- 4: The South -- 5: The Interloper -- Freedom and Destiny -- 6: The Garden of Forking Paths -- 7: The Circular Ruins -- 8: The House of Asterion -- 9: The Immortal -- Faith and Divinity -- 10: The Rose of Paracelsus -- 11: The Writing of the God -- 12: The Secret Miracle -- 13: The Gospel According to Mark -- II: Identity and Interpretation -- 14: Literature, Art, and Philosophy -- 15: Interpretation -- 16: Painting Borges -- 17: Limits of Interpretation -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Painting Borges: Art Interpreting Literature -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

A provocative examination of the artistic interpretation of twelve of Borges's most famous stories.