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Postcolonial Borges is the first systematic account of geo-political and postcolonial themes in the writings of Borges, from the poetry and essays of the 1920s to his later works and collections. This book shows how Borges's political and artistic temperament mark him out as a postcolonial intellectual and creative writer who is sui generis.
List of contents
- Introduction: Borges, Latin America, and Postcolonial Discourse
- 1: Setting the Political and Cultural Agenda: Selected Writings of the Nineteen Twenties and Thirties from Inquisiciones to Discusión
- 2: Giving Voice(s) to Argentina: From 'The Language of the Argentines' and Early Poetry to 'Pierre Menard, Author of the Quixote'
- 3: 'Tlön Uqbar, Orbis Tertius': Reflections on/of Coloniality
- 4: Self, Family, Nation: Writing Postcolonial Argentina in 'Theme of the Traitor and the Hero'
- 5: Consolidating the Postcolonial Agenda: Culture and Politics in Selected Writings of the Nineteen Fifties and Sixties
- 6: Europe in the Dock: An Intertextual Reading of 'Brodie's Report'
- 7: Borges the Post-Orientalist: Selected Writings of the Nineteen Seventies and Eighties
- 8: Borges, Politics, and the Postcolonial
- Bibliography
- Index
About the author
Robin Fiddian graduated with a Master's degree and a Doctorate from Edinburgh University. He is Emeritus Fellow of Wadham College Oxford, having held the post of Tutorial Fellow in Spanish there from 1990 to 2015. Previously Robin Fiddian taught at University of Strathclyde, University College, Galway, Republic of Ireland, and University of Newcastle upon Tyne. He was Visiting Professor at University of Texas at Austin (1980), University of Virginia at Charlottesville (2002), and University of California at Los Angeles (2007). Robin Fiddian's research interests include modern peninsular Spanish literature, Spanish cinema, and modern Spanish American literature (with special reference to Mexico, Colombia, and Argentina).
Summary
Postcolonial Borges is the first systematic account of geo-political and postcolonial themes in the writings of Borges, from the poetry and essays of the 1920s to his later works and collections. This book shows how Borges's political and artistic temperament mark him out as a postcolonial intellectual and creative writer who is sui generis.
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An indispensable study, Postcolonial Borges allows us to (re-)encounter a writer sharply attuned to the vexed colonial legacies and geopolitical issues of his time, a contradictory figure whose aesthetic development was marked by a shift from youthful political activism to a detached conservative leaning.
