Cy-Borges : memories of the posthuman in the work of Jorge Luis Borges / edited by Stefan Herbrechter and Ivan Callus.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Herbrechter, Stefan.

Callus, Ivan, 1967-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Borges, Jorge Luis, 1899-1986--Themes, motives.

Borges, Jorge Luis.

Borges, Jorge Luis, 1899-1986.

Future, The, in literature.

Technology in literature.

Themes, motives.

Physical Description:

224 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lewisburg : Bucknell University Press, [2009]

Contents:

Introduction : did someone say "Cy-Borges"? / Stefan Herbrechter and Ivan Callus

Borges : post- or transhuman? / Flloyd Merrell

Babelation / Neil Badmington

Borges, technology, and the same infinite substance as the night / David Ciccoricco

Of mirrors, encyclopedias, and the virtual / Gordon Calleja

Surviving in Borges, or, the Memory of objects after the end of the world / Ruben Borg

Borges and the trauma of posthuman history / Jonathan Boulter

Archival imaginings / Martin S. Watson

Borges's canny laughter : "a joyce for ever" / Jean-Michel Rabaté

"The abysmal problem of time" : dubbing Borges's garden / Paula Rabinowitz

The unrelated future : Borges, posthumanism, and the temptations of analogy / Ivan Callus.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780838757154

0838757154

OCLC:

226037139