Borges and Dante: Echoes of a Literary Friendship

ISBN-13: 9783039105113 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 230 str.

Collier, Peter

Opis

This study examines three main aspects of Jorge Luis Borges s reading of Dante Alighieri, namely, poetic language, ethics and love. It attempts to reveal the ways in which Borges s interests in these issues manifested themselves in his appropriation of Dante and gained prominence within his work as a whole, paying particular attention to the years c.1920-c.1960. By developing each aspect in a comparative sequence the work illustrates the way in which these issues developed in Borges s work and, at the same time, provides a general perspective from which the reader can gauge their significance in Dante s thought. By establishing Borges as an ethical writer this book ventures into new and potentially controversial territory. However, even in the better-explored areas of poetic language and love, it presents new aspects of Borges s conception of literary activity and of his treatment of the erotic theme."

Recenzje

«Borges and Dante: Echoes of a Literary Friendship es un estudio comparado exhaustivo y fantásticamente estructurado de algunos de los puntos en común de ambos autores que tanto el estudiante avanzado como el académico encontraran de gran utilidad.» (Gorka Bilbao-Terreros, Bulletin of Hispanic Studies)

Spis treści

Contents: The Notion of Poetic Language in Dante - Borges on Poetic Language - Ethics and Related Topics in Dante - Literature and Ethics in Borges - The Centrality of Love in Dante's Thought - Love, Sex and Hell in Borges's Work.

O autorze

The Author: Humberto Núñez-Faraco was awarded his Ph.D. by the University of London in 2001. He has a background in music and philosophy and is currently a lecturer in Spanish American literature at University College London.