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UNISA996210790303316 |
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The Cambridge companion to Jorge Luis Borges / / edited By Edwin Williamson [[electronic resource]] |
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Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013 |
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1-107-72016-8 |
1-107-72245-4 |
0-511-97886-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xvi, 246 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Collana |
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Cambridge companions to literature |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Nov 2015). |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 226-233) and indexes. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction / Edwin Williamson -- ; 1. Philosophy and fiction / Clive Griffin -- ; 2. Science and mathematics in a literary mode / Floyd Merrell -- ; 3. Borges and theory / Michael Wood -- ; 4. Borges on translation / Suzanne Jill Levine -- ; 5. Jewish, Christian and Gnostic themes / Evelyn Fishburn -- ; 6. Islamic themes / Luce López-Baralt -- ; 7. Borges and popular culture / Philip Swanson -- ; 8. Post-colonial Borges / Robin Fiddian -- ; 9. Fictions / Daniel Balderston -- ; 10. The Aleph / Roberto González Echevarría -- ; 11. The Maker / Alfred MacAdam -- ; 12. Brodie's report / Arturo Echavarría -- ; 13. The Book of Sand and Shakespeare's memory / Efraín Kristal -- ; 14. The early poetry (1923-1929) / Rafael Olea Franco -- ; 15. The late poetry (1960-1985) / Jason Wilson -- ; 16. Borges in context: the autobiographical dimension / Edwin Williamson. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986) was one of the great writers of the twentieth century and the most influential author in the Spanish language of modern times. He had a seminal influence on Latin American literature and a lasting impact on literary fiction in many other languages. However, Borges has been accessible in English only through a number of anthologies drawn mainly from his work of the 1940s and 1950s. The primary aim of this Companion is to provide a more comprehensive account of Borges's oeuvre and the evolution of |
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