Borges: An Introduction - Hardcover

Julio Premat (author) & Amanda Murphy (trans)

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0826502261 ISBN 13: 9780826502261

Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press, 2021

Synopsis

This book, available for the first time in English, offers a thorough introductory reading of Jorge Luis Borges, one of the most remarkable and influential writers of the twentieth century. Julio Premat, a specialist in the field of Borges studies, presents the main questions posed by Borges's often paradoxical writing, and leads the novice through the complexity and breadth of Borges's vast literary production.

Originally published in French by an Argentine ex-pat living in Paris, Borges includes the Argentine specificities to Borges's work-specificities that are often unrecognized or glossed over in Anglophone readings.

This book is a boon for university students of philosophy and literature, teachers and researchers in these fields who are looking to better understand this complex author, and anyone interested in the advanced study of literature. ​Somewhere between a guidebook and an exhaustive work of advanced research, Borges is the ultimate stepping stone into the deeper Borgesian world.

About this title

About the Author

Julio Premat is a professor at the UniversitÉ Paris 8, a member of the Laboratoire d'Etudes Romanes, and a senior member of the Institut Universitaire de France.

Amanda Murphy is a translator living in Paris, France.

Edition details

• Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0826502261
• ISBN 13: 9780826502261
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 160