Reading Borges after Benjamin

Reading Borges after Benjamin
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Publisher : State University of New York Press
Total Pages : 188
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ISBN-10 : 9780791480564
ISBN-13 : 0791480569
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Book Synopsis Reading Borges after Benjamin by : Kate Jenckes

Download or read book Reading Borges after Benjamin written by Kate Jenckes and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the relationship between time, life, and history in the work of Jorge Luis Borges and examines his work in relation to his contemporary, Walter Benjamin. By focusing on texts from the margins of the Borges canon—including the early poems on Buenos Aires, his biography of Argentina's minstrel poet Evaristo Carriego, the stories and translations from A Universal History of Infamy, as well as some of his renowned stories and essays—Kate Jenckes argues that Borges's writing performs an allegorical representation of history. Interspersed among the readings of Borges are careful and original readings of some of Benjamin's finest essays on the relationship between life, language, and history. Reading Borges in relationship to Benjamin draws out ethical and political implications from Borges's works that have been largely overlooked by his critics.


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