Synopsis
Borges' use of allusion to esoteric and metaphysical doctrines is foundation for his renovation to fiction toward metafiction. Contents: Borges and the Esoteric Tradition; The Esoteric; The Fantastic, and Borges' Metafiction; Borges' Art: Metaphysics as Metafiction; The Loss of the Self; The Loss of Reality; The Loss of Time; The Loss of Words; The Loss of Salvation; "Tion, Upbar, Orbis Tertius" and The Esoteric Tradition; in Place of Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.
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Didier T. Jaen is Professor of Spanish at the University of California, Davis.
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Borges' Esoteric Library. Metaphysics to Metafiction
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