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

Sommario

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

Info autore

Sylvia Molloy

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Molloy, Sylvia Molloy, Sylvia Molloy
• Con la collaborazione di: Oscar Montero (Traduzione)
• Editore: Duke University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 19.11.1993
• EAN: 9780822314066
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-1406-6
• Pagine: 277
• Dimensioni: 228 mm x 140 mm x 23 mm
• Peso: 248 g
• Serie: Post-Contemporary Interventions; Latin America in Translation; Crm Proceedings & Lecture Note; Latin America in Translation; Crm Proceedings & Lecture Note
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura / linguistica romanza