Mazes and Amazements
Borges and Western Philosophy
Seiten
2017
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New edition
Peter Lang Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-78707-197-1 (ISBN)
Peter Lang Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-78707-197-1 (ISBN)
Borges gained his first lessons in philosophy from his father while still a young boy – an intimate home schooling that grew into a long-term obsession. Its ubiquitous presence in his thought and writing has made him one of the most distinctive literary philosophers in the West, expressing itself in a wide-ranging array of fictional essays, metaphysical parables, philosophical poetry, and multifaceted literary artifacts. In contrast to the prevailing perception of Borges as a «dogmatic sceptic» for whom philosophy serves solely aesthetic or rhetorical purposes, this volume proposes a novel approach for understanding Borges as an intellectual, together with an interpretive structure for comprehending his work, based on a systematic examination of the complex relations between literary writing and Western philosophy in his œuvre. Offering a reading of selected Borgesian texts in the light of the Western philosophers of whom he is most enamoured, and analyzing the way in which philosophical theories underpin his texts, it illustrates the fundamental tension of Borges’ writing as a manifestation of what he calls the «intellectual instinct.»
Erscheinungsdatum | 07.02.2017 |
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Reihe/Serie | Hispanic Studies: Culture and Ideas ; 76 | Hispanic Studies: Culture and Ideas ; 76 |
Mitarbeit |
Herausgeber (Serie): Claudio Canaparo |
Zusatzinfo | 1 Illustrations, unspecified |
Verlagsort | Witney |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 150 x 225 mm |
Gewicht | 400 g |
Themenwelt | Literatur ► Lyrik / Dramatik ► Lyrik / Gedichte |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie der Neuzeit | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Romanistik | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft | |
Sozialwissenschaften | |
Schlagworte | Amazements • Borges • Comparative Literature • Jorge Luis Borges • Mazes • Mualem • Philosophy • Western |
ISBN-10 | 1-78707-197-9 / 1787071979 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-78707-197-1 / 9781787071971 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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