Against Borges : four women writers of his inner circles : Four Women Writers of His Inner Circles / Patricia N. Klingenberg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Klingenberg, Patricia N., author.

Series:

Iberian and Latin American studies.

Iberian and Latin American Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English literature--History and criticism.

English literature.

Borges, Jorge Luis, 1899-1986.

Borges, Jorge Luis.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (232 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cardiff, England : University of Wales Press, [2025]

Summary:

The four writers of this study - Norah Lange, Silvina Ocampo, Estela Canto and Silvina Bullrich - are rarely considered together. Each, however, made their literary start within the close-knit circles dominated by Jorge Luis Borges in Buenos Aires in the mid-twentieth century. The title of the book plays with the double meaning of the word 'against' - signifying 'opposed' or 'resistant', but also 'touching' or 'supported by'. In each case, the four writers benefited from early support from Borges, before eventually finding their own voices different from his as well as from each other's. These writers struggled as much as their nineteenth-century counterparts to find ways to represent in fiction a particularly feminine subjectivity, and this study recognises their similarities as well as their originality. Most importantly, it seeks to undo misperceptions about these writers that have persisted to the present day, particularly regarding their individual paths through the fraught politics of Argentina's twentieth century.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Series Editors' Foreword

Acknowledgements

List of Illustrations

Introduction

Chapter 1 The Borges Connection

Chapter 2 Norah Lange, the Voyeur

Chapter 3 Silvina Ocampo, the Artist

Chapter 4 Estela Canto, the Rebel

Chapter 5 Silvina Bullrich, the Bad Mother

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index

Back Cover.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781837722068

1837722064

OCLC:

1492996757