Borges and the literary marketplace : how editorial practices shaped cosmopolitan reading / Nora C. Benedict.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Benedict, Nora C., (author).

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Latin American literature--20th century--History and criticism.

Latin American literature.

Books and reading--Latin America--History--20th century.

Books and reading.

Publishers and publishing--Latin America--History--20th century.

Publishers and publishing.

Borges, Jorge Luis, 1899-1986.

Borges, Jorge Luis.

History.

Latin America.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

History.

Physical Description:

xii, 365 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, [2021]

Summary:

"Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986) stands out as one of the most widely regarded and inventive authors in world literature. Yet the details of his employment history throughout the early part of the twentieth century, which foreground his efforts to develop a worldly reading public, have received scant critical attention. From librarian and cataloguer to editor and publisher, this writer emerges as entrenched in the physical minutiae and social implications of the international book world.0 Drawing on years of archival research coupled with bibliographical analysis, this book explains how Borges's more general involvement in the publishing industry influenced not only his formation as a writer, but also global book markets and reading practices in world literature. In this way it tells the story of Borges's profound efforts to revolutionize and revitalize literature in Latin America through his varying jobs in the publishing industry."--Publisher's description.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: One. Borges and the Book

Two. Borges as Author

Three. Borges as Critic and Collaborator

Four. Borges as Editor and Anthologist

Five. Borges as Publicist and Promoter

Six. Borges as Publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0300251416

9780300251418

OCLC:

1241245400

Publisher Number:

99988804750