| Description |
xviii, 148 pages ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Critical studies in Latin American culture |
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Critical studies in Latin American culture.
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| Contents |
pt. 1. Writing on the Edge. 1. A Landscape for Borges. 2. Borges and Argentine Literature. 3. Tradition and Conflicts. 4. Tropes of Fantastic Literature. 5. Imaginary Constructions. 6. The Question of Order -- pt. 2. The Avant-Garde, Buenos Aires and Modernity. 7. The Adventure of Martin Fierro: The Avant-Garde and Criollismo. 8. Utopia and the Avant-Garde |
| Summary |
Sarlo explores Argentine nuances and traditions through brilliant close readings of specific stories. She shows how even Borges's most fantastic tales deal with philosophical and moral problems concerning the fate of individual men and women and their relationships to wider society |
| Analysis |
Argentina Intellectual life 20th century |
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Argentine literature 20th century Themes, motives |
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Borges, Jorge Luis Criticism and interpretation |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 138-142) and index |
| Subject |
Borges, Jorge Luis, 1899-1986 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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| SUBJECT |
Argentina -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007101340
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| Author |
King, John, 1950-
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| LC no. |
93022940 |
| ISBN |
0860914402 |
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0860916359 (paperback) |
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