Borges and the Literary Marketplace - How Editorial Practices Shaped Cosmopolitan Reading

Borges's role as author is heavily studied, yet his other jobs, including editor and publisher, remain less explored. This book explains how Borges's more general involvement in the publishing industry influenced not only his formation as a writer, but also global book markets and reading practices in world literature.

About the author

Nora C. Benedict is assistant professor of Spanish and Digital Humanities in the Romance Languages Department at the University of Georgia.

Summary

A fascinating history of Jorge Luis Borges’s efforts to revolutionize and revitalize literature in Latin America

Product details

• Authors: Nora C. Benedict
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2021
• EAN: 9780300251418
• ISBN: 978-0-300-25141-8
• No. of pages: 384
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book > Art, literature > Biographies, autobiographies; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary Figures, Biography: literary, Literature: history & criticism, Biography: writers, Literature: history and criticism, Relating to Latin / Hispanic American people, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / Hispanic & Latino, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Hispanic & Latino