That Borges is one of the key figures in 20th-century literature is
beyond debate. The reasons behind this claim, however, are a matter of
contention. In Latin America he is read as someone who reorganized the
canon, questioned literary hierarchies, and redefined the role of
marginal literatures. On the other hand, in the rest of the world,
most readers (and dictionaries) tend to identify the adjective
"Borgesian" with intricate metaphysical puzzles and labyrinthine
speculations of universal reach, completely detached from particular
traditions. One reading is context-saturated, while the other is
context-deprived. Oddly enough, these "institutional" and
"transcendental" approaches have not been pitched against each other
in a critical way. Borges, between History and Eternity brings these
perspectives together by considering key aspects of Borges's work-the
reciprocal determinations of politics, philosophy and literature; the
simultaneously confining and emancipating nature of language; and the
incipient program for a literature of the Americas.
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ISBN
9781441169099
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2020
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Continuum
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Engelsk
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Digital bok
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