Overview

Jorge Luis Borges (1899–1986) is Argentina's most celebrated author. This volume brings together for the first time the numerous contexts in which he lived and worked; from the history of the Borges family and that of modern Argentina, through two world wars, to events including the Cuban Revolution, military dictatorship, and the Falklands War. Borges' distinctive responses to the Western tradition, Cervantes and Shakespeare, Kafka, and the European avant garde are explored, along with his appraisals of Sarmiento, gauchesque literature and other strands of the Argentine cultural tradition. Borges' polemical stance on Catholic integralism in early twentieth-century Argentina is accounted for, whilst chapters on Buddhism, Judaism and landmarks of Persian literature illustrate Borges's engagement with the East. Finally, his legacy is visible in the literatures of the Americas, in European countries such as Italy and Portugal, and in the novels of J. M. Coetzee, representing the Global South.

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Author:   Robin Fiddian (University of Oxford)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 22.70cm
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9781108456050

ISBN 10:   1108456057
Pages:   307
Publication Date:   24 February 2022
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction. Borges in context, context in Borges Robin Fiddian; Part I. Self, Family and the Argentine Nation: 1. Borges and the question of Argentine identity Edwin Williamson; 2. Borges and the Banda Oriental Gustavo San Román; 3. Borges in person: family, love, and sex Edwin Williamson; 4. Jorge Luis Borges's fictions and the two world wars Efrain Kristal; 5. Dictatorship and writing (1976–83) Annick Louis; 6. The public author and democracy (1984–86) Annick Louis; 7. Borges and Las Islas Malvinas Ben Bollig; 8. Borges and Sarmiento Sandra Contreras; 9. Borges and the Gauchesque Sarah Roger; 10. Twenties' Buenos Aires Eleni Kefala; 11. Borges and the Argentine Avant-Garde Eamon Mccarthy; 12. The Argentine writer and tradition Humberto Nuñez-Faraco; 13. Borges, tangos, and milongas Ana C. Cara; 14. Borges and Bioy Casares Mariela Blanco; 15. Borges and popular culture Phil Swanson; 16. Argentine responses: César Aira and Ricardo Piglia Niall Geraghty; Part II. The Western Canon, The East, Contexts of Reception: 17. Borges and Cervantes Roberto González Echevarría; 18. Borges's Shakespeare Patricia Novillo-Corvalán; 19. The dialectics of idealism Marina Martin; 20. The English Romantics and Borges Jason Wilson; 21. The early avant garde in Spain Xon de Ros; 22. Borges and James Joyce: makers of labyrinths Patricia Novillo-Corvalán; 23. Borges and Kafka Sarah Roger; 24. Borges and the Bible Lucas Adur; 25. Borges and Judaism Corinna Deppner; 26. Borges and Buddhism Evelyn Fishburn; 27. Borges and Persian literature Shaahin Pishbin; 28. Borges and the 'Boom' Dominic Moran; 29. Argentina and Cuba: the politics of reception Alfredo Alonso Estenoz; 30. Borges and Coetzee Fernando Galván; 31. Borges in Portugal Phillip Rothwell; 32. Borges and Italy Robert Gordon.

Reviews

'... this is an excellent, up-to-date study of the masterful Argentine writer.' J. S. Bottaro, Choice

Author Information

Robin Fiddian is Emeritus Fellow at Wadham College, University of Oxford and the author of eight books and over fifty articles. The majority of his publications are on topics in Spanish American literature, including the novels of Fernando del Paso (2000) and the short fictions of Gabriel García Márquez (2007). His most recent book is Postcolonial Borges: Argument and Artistry (2017).

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