Jorge Luis Borges, Argentine poet, essayist, and short-story writer whose works became classics of 20th-century world literature. Among his best-known works are the short-story collections Ficciones (1944) and The Aleph, and Other Stories, 1933–1969 (19
This article reflects some of the most famous texts (essays and stories) from the Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges, and arranges a dialogue between them and texts from other thinkers considered as great names of Literary Criticism in Latin America: Ricardo Piglia (from Argentina), Antonio ...
They do not dine alone, however, but in the company of the Cuban novelist Virgilio Piñera (Rene’s Flesh, Cold Stories), the Argentine writer Rodolfo Wilcock (The Temple of Iconoclasts) and two others. There is a discussion about Bioy Casares’ reluctance to lecture in public. Borges ...
This is the feeling I get in reading Kuhnelin’s short vignettes and stories, a sense of that fusion of Body Horror, SF, and the whole gamut of fantastic literature ala Stanislaw Lem and P.K. Dick among others. To say his vision is warped is not a demeaning term but rather the state...
2.(Literary & Literary Critical Terms) reminiscent of elements of Borges' stories and essays, esp labyrinths, mirrors, reality, identity, the nature of time, and infinity Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000,...
existentialist ideas that Sartre expresses in the "What is Literature" essays about the essentiality of the role of the artist in communicating freedom to humanity were most significant in my method for reading Borges's writings for their philosophical value. The Borges stories chosen for this ...
robust and witty. These translations of the stories that Borges generated himself, in collaboration with Norman Thomas di Giovanni, have been sidelined in the past as they were not included in the volumes of Borges’ work previously published in English.The Lesson of the Masteris an essential il...
nounArgentinian writer remembered for his short stories (1899-1986) Synonyms Borges Jorge Borges Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc. Want to thank TFD for its existence?Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, or visitthe...
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