Out of context : historical reference and the representation of reality in Borges / Daniel Balderston.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Balderston, Daniel, 1952-

Series:

e-Duke books scholarly collection.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Borges, Jorge Luis, 1899-1986.

Borges, Jorge Luis.

Borges, Jorge Luis, 1899-1986--Criticism and interpretation.

Reality in literature.

History in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (234 p.)

Place of Publication:

Durham [N.C.] : Duke University Press, 1993.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In Jorge Luis Borges's finely wrought, fantastic stories, so filigreed with strange allusions, critics have consistently found little to relate to the external world, to history--in short, to reality. Out of Context corrects this shortsighted view and reveals the very real basis of the Argentine master's purported ""irreality."" By providing the historical context for some of the writer's best-loved and least understood works, this study also gives us a new sense of Borges's place within the context of contemporary literature.Through a detailed examination of seven stories, Dan

Contents:

Introduction: History, Politics, and Literature in Borges

Menard and His Contemporaries: The Arms and Letters Debate

The "Labyrinth of Trenches without Any Plan" in "El jardin de senderos que se bifurcan"

Prague, March 1939: Recovering the Historicity of "El milagro secreto"

Cryptogram and Scripture: Losing Count in "La escritura del dios"

Going Native: Beyond Civilization and Savagery in "Historia del guerrero y de la cautiva"

On the Threshold of Otherness: British India in "El hombre en el umbral"

Behind Closed Doors: The Guayaquil Meeting and the Silences of History

Conclusion.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [185]-203) and index.

ISBN:

9786613062987

9781283062985

1283062984

9780822383024

0822383020

OCLC:

191222314