Overview
This title provides a provocative examination of the artistic interpretation of twelve of Borgess' most famous stories.
Full Product Details
Author: Jorge J. E. Gracia
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Imprint: State University of New York Press
Dimensions:
Width: 20.30cm
, Height: 2.50cm
, Length: 20.30cm
Weight: 0.798kg
ISBN: 9781438441771
ISBN 10: 1438441770
Pages: 322
Publication Date: 01 February 2012
Audience:
General/trade
,
General
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us.
Reviews
Jorge Gracia's book, Painting Borges, is a rather curious object, springing from an audacious intellectual challenge ... The outcome is a rich and vivid piece of writing and questioning. - Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews ...an engaging, thought-provoking treatise on the artistic interpretation of fiction from a philosophical perspective, a study that conjoins aesthetics and hermeneutics ... a book for all in every season ... Highly recommended. - CHOICE From Michel Foucault to Arthur Danto, the use of Borges to analyze art isn't new, but Painting Borges goes a step further: it looks at Borges as an inspiration to painters while also interpreting hermeneutically the way he himself looked at things through his blind eyes. I found Jorge J. E. Gracia's volume provocative, engaging, and exhaustive in its approach. - Ilan Stavans, Lewis-Sebring Professor in Latin American and Latino Culture, Amherst College
Painting Borges is a very well conceived work on a topic that is provocative and challenging ... This literary analysis is extremely accessible to literature and art lovers of all walks of life. - Hispania Jorge Gracia's book, Painting Borges, is a rather curious object, springing from an audacious intellectual challenge ... The outcome is a rich and vivid piece of writing and questioning. - Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews ...an engaging, thought-provoking treatise on the artistic interpretation of fiction from a philosophical perspective, a study that conjoins aesthetics and hermeneutics ... a book for all in every season ... Highly recommended. - CHOICE From Michel Foucault to Arthur Danto, the use of Borges to analyze art isn't new, but Painting Borges goes a step further: it looks at Borges as an inspiration to painters while also interpreting hermeneutically the way he himself looked at things through his blind eyes. I found Jorge J. E. Gracia's volume provocative, engaging, and exhaustive in its approach. - Ilan Stavans, Lewis-Sebring Professor in Latin American and Latino Culture, Amherst College
Author Information
Jorge J. E. Gracia is SUNY Distinguished Professor and Samuel P. Capen Chair in Philosophy and Comparative Literature at the University at Buffalo, State University of New York. His many books include Images of Thought: Philosophical Interpretations of Carlos Estevez's Art and Identity, Memory, and Diaspora: Voices of Cuban-American Artists, Writers, and Philosophers, both also published by SUNY Press.
