| Borges and the Politics of Form Contributor(s): Gonzalez, Jose Eduardo (Author) |
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ISBN: 0815328036 ISBN-13: 9780815328032 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $152.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 1998 Annotation: Jorge Luis Borges-one of the most important Latin American writers-has also attained considerable international stature, and his work is commonly cited in a wide array of scholarship on contemporary fiction. Partly as a consequence of Borges' international identity, and partly because of a long-standing view in Borges criticism that his writing is principally concerned with abstract ideas, critics have been reluctant to address the question of politics in his writing Filling this critical gap, Gonzalez begins by rejecting the proposition that Borges withdraws from the "real," and provides a detailed analysis of the various political issues that Borges takes up in his essays and short stories. The author places particular emphasis on the turbulent questions that shaped Argentine social history during the period of Borges' output. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Caribbean & Latin American |
| Dewey: 868 |
| LCCN: 98-05254 |
| Series: Garland Reference Library of the Humanities |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 5.9" W x 8.81" (0.92 lbs) 222 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Latino - Cultural Region - Latin America |
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| Publisher Description: First published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. |