Signs of Borges

"I can think of no other scholar of Latin American literature who enjoys and amply deserves the reputation of Sylvia Molloy. She is a brilliant reader and an elegant writer, the one scholar who makes Borges accessible without making him simple."--Doris Sommer, Amherst College

Table des matières

Preface ix

Introduction 1

1. Shadow Plays 5

2. Textual Rubrications 26

3. Fragments and Greeks 40

4. Postulating a Reality, Selecting a Reality 58

5. Converting the Simulacrum 77

6. Pleasure and Perplexity 95

7. The Buried Foundation 112

Abbreviations 131

Notes 133

Index 139

A propos de l'auteur

Sylvia Molloy, Albert Schweitzer Professor of Humanities at New York University, is the author of numerous books of criticism, including At Face Value: Autobiographical Writing in Spanish America, and a novel, Certificate of Absence. Oscar Montero is Associate Professor of Romance Languages, Graduate Center, City University of New York.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Molloy, Sylvia Molloy, Sylvia Molloy
• Collaboration: Oscar Montero (Traduction)
• Edition: Duke University Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 19.11.1993
• EAN: 9780822314066
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-1406-6
• Pages: 160
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 231 mm x 18 mm
• Poids: 408 g
• Thèmes: Post-Contemporary Interventions; Latin America in Translation; Crm Proceedings & Lecture Note; Latin America in Translation; Crm Proceedings & Lecture Note
• Catégorie: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Linguistique et littérature > Linguistique et littérature romanes