Jorge Luis Borges and His Predecessors: Notes Towards a Materialist History of Linguistic Idealism: 242 (North Carolina Studies in the Romance Languages and Literatures) - Softcover

Malcolm K. Read (author)

 
9780807892466: Jorge Luis Borges and His Predecessors: Notes Towards a Materialist History of Linguistic Idealism: 242 (North Carolina Studies in the Romance Languages and Literatures)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0807892467 ISBN 13: 9780807892466
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press, 1992

Synopsis

Read locates both the work of Jorge Luis Borges and Western ideas on language in their historical context. He reviews the theoretically diverse critical approaches to Borges's work, including both those that collude with the texts and others that are hostile to the Argentinian writer, and argues that all are inadequate for understanding Borges. He maintains that the modern subject is now characterized by narcissism associated with philosophical skepticism.

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Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Publication date
1992
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0807892467
ISBN 13 
9780807892466
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
160