Cynthia Lucy Stephens

The Borges Enigma (eBook, ePUB)

Mirrors, Doubles, and Intimate Puzzles

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Explores Borges's supreme literary craftsmanship and the intimate puzzles of his fictions.

Borges once stated that he had never created a character: 'It's always me, subtly disguised'. This book focuses on the ways in which Borges uses events and experiences from his own life, in order to demonstrate how they become the principal structuring motifs of his work. It aims to show how these experiences, despite being 'heavily disguised', are crucial components of some of Borges's most canonical short stories, particularly from the famous collections Ficciones and El Aleph. Exploring the rich tapestry of symmetries, doubles and allusions and the roles played by translation and the figure of the creator, the book provides new readings of these stories, revealing their hidden personal, emotional and spiritual dimensions. These insights shed fresh light on Borges's supreme literary craftsmanship and the intimate puzzles of his fictions.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Abingdon Press
• Seitenzahl: 314
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Juni 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781800101807
• Artikelnr.: 61953632

Autorenporträt

CYNTHIA LUCY STEPHENS is an independent scholar.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations and Note on Translations
Introduction Chapter 1: The 'Real' Borges Chapter 2: Symmetries Chapter 3:
Doubles Chapter 4: Allusiveness Chapter 5: Translation Chapter 6: The
Creator Conclusion Bibliography