Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986) As Writer and Social Critic (Hispanic Literature, V. 76) [Hardcover]

Gregary Joseph Racz (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 2003 | ISBN-10: 0773469044 | ISBN-13: 978-0773469044

The essays in this book, ably edited by Dr. Racz, attempt to read Borges in this counter-monumental mode using the centennial of his birth as a point of departure. It is a fitting way to "do" Borges in our tangled era, keenly aware of the perils of public memorializing-in Buenos Aires's Memory Park to the disappeared, in New York's Ground Zero memorial to the blown apart-yet striving for the kind of open and fluid remembrance of the past that encourages new telling(s) of what inevitably will become old tales.

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Language Notes

Text: English, Spanish

Product Details

• Hardcover: 175 pages
• Publisher: Edwin Mellen Pr (January 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0773469044
• ISBN-13: 978-0773469044
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.3 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
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