Name: Borges, Between History and Eternity (in English)
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Author: Hernan Diaz
ISBN: 9781441197795

portada Borges, Between History and Eternity (in English)

Type

Physical Book

Author

Hernan Diaz

Publisher

Continuum

Year

2012

Language

English

Pages

208

Format

Paperback

ISBN

1441197796

ISBN13

9781441197795

Edition No.

Synopsis "Borges, Between History and Eternity (in English)"

That Borges is one of the key figures in twentieth-century literature is beyond debate. The reasons behind this claim, however, are a matter of contention. In Latin America he is read as someone who reorganized the canon, questioned literary hierarchies, and redefined the role of marginal literatures. On the other hand, in the rest of the world, most readers (and dictionaries) tend to identify the adjective "Borgesian" with intricate metaphysical puzzles and labyrinthine speculations of universal reach, completely detached from particular traditions. One reading is context-saturated, while the other is context-deprived. Oddly enough, these "institutional" and "transcendental" approaches have not been pitched against each other in a critical way. Borges, between History and Eternity brings these perspectives together by considering key aspects of Borges's work—the reciprocal determinations of politics, philosophy and literature; the simultaneously confining and emancipating nature of language; and the incipient program for a literature of the Americas.

Hernan Diaz

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Hernán Díaz (Buenos Aires 1973) es un escritor y profesor afincado en Nueva York, autor de dos novelas A lo lejos (2017) y Fortuna (2022). Esta última va a ser adaptada como serie y emitida por la cadena estadounidense HBO y en cuya producción colaborará Díaz.

Hernán migró con su familia a Suecia tras el golpe de Estado en Argentina de 1976. A la vuelta de la democracia volvió a Argentina, donde estudió Literatura en la Universidad de Buenos Aires. Posteriormente obtuvo una beca en el King's College en Londres y realizó su doctorado en la Universidad de Nueva York. Reside en Estados Unidos, donde imparte clases en la Universidad de Columbia.

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