The Quest for God in the Work of Borges

Zusatztext This provocative, challenging title will raise eyebrows, and controversies, in the academy, where Borges has been generally considered a religious skeptic... Summing up: Recommended. Graduate students, researchers, faculty. Informationen zum Autor Annette U. Flynn is Lecturer in Spanish and Portuguese at University College Dublin, Ireland. Klappentext The first book to highlight the spiritual element in Borges' work - this work offers an insightful and scholarly interpretation of a fundamental facet of his writing.> Vorwort The first book to highlight the spiritual element in Borges' work - this work offers an insightful and scholarly interpretation of a fundamental facet of his writing. Zusammenfassung Highlights the spiritual element in Borges' work. This book offers an insightful and scholarly interpretation of a fundamental facet of his writing. It argues that the quest for God, though largely unheeded by the critical canon, was a major and enduring preoccupation for Borges. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements Preface Introduction 1. Preludes to Mysticism 2. From Essay to Ficción 3. The Long Quest Conclusion Appendix Bibliography Index

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• Authors: Annette Flynn, Annette U Flynn, Annette U. Flynn
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2009
• EAN: 9781847060532
• ISBN: 978-1-84706-053-2
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: Continuum Literary Studies; Continuum Literary Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; LITERARY CRITICISM / General, RELIGION / Christianity / Literature & the Arts, Christianity, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Spanish, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000