The Borges Enigma
Mirrors, Doubles, and Intimate Puzzles
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…
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- ISBN: 978-1-80010-180-7
- EAN: 9781800101807
- Produktnummer: 36588226
- Verlag: Boydell & Brewer
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
- Seitenangabe: 320 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Auflage: 1. Auflage
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CYNTHIA LUCY STEPHENS is an independent scholar.
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