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Jorge Luis Borges and His Predecessors Notes Towards a Materialist History of Linguistic Idealism / by Malcolm K. Read.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Read, Malcolm K. (Malcolm Kevin), 1945-
- Series:
- North Carolina studies in the Romance languages and literatures ; Number 242.
- North Carolina Studies in the Romance Languages and Literatures ; Number 242
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Borges, Jorge Luis, 1899-1986--Philosophy.
- Criticism.
- Argentina--Intellectual life--20th century.
- Argentina.
- Argentina--Intellectual life--19th century.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (2,291 pages).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Manufacture:
- Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2019
- Other Title:
- Notes towards a materialist history of linguistic idealism.
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill : U.N.C. Dept. of Romance Languages, 1993.
- Summary:
- Read locates both the work of Jorge Luis Borges and Western ideas on language in their historical context.He reviews the theoretically diverse critical approaches to Borges's work, including both those that collude with the texts and others that are hostile to the Argentinian writer, and argues that all are inadequate for understanding Borges.
- Contents:
- Cover
- JORGE LUIS BORGES AND HIS PREDECESSORS
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- ABBREVIATIONS
- INTRODUCTION
- l. FROM CLASSICAL SYMBOLS TO MEDIEVAL SIGNS
- II. PUBLIC USAGE AND PRIVATE ABUSAGE IN THE AGE OF CONFLICT
- III. MONSTERS OF ENLIGHTENED REASON
- IV. THE IDEAL REVOLUTION: ROMANTICISM AND ITS LEGACY
- V. TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT: MODERNIST LITERATURE AS FETISHISM
- CONCLUSION
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- Back Cover.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [147]-152).
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-4696-4275-1
- OCLC:
- 1080551085
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