Author: Emron Esplin
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 0820349054
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 254
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Esplin argues that Borges, through a sustained and complex literary relationship with Poe's works, served as the primary catalyst that changed Poe's image throughout Spanish America from a poet-prophet to a timeless fiction writer.
Author: John T. Irwin
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 9780801854668
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 516
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Irwin mirrors the aesthetic impact of the genre by creating in his study the dynamics of a detective story--the uncovering of mysteries, the accumulation of evidence, the tracing of clues, and the final solution that ties it all together.
Author: Luis Fernando Verissimo
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1448138809
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 146
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Vogelstein is a loner who has always lived among books. Suddenly, fate grabs hold of his insignificant life and carries him off to Buenos Aires, to a conference on Edgar Allan Poe, the inventor of the modern detective story. There Vogelstein meets his idol, Jorge Luis Borges, and for reasons that a mere passion for literature cannot explain, he finds himself at the centre of a murder investigation that involves arcane demons, the mysteries of the Kabbala, the possible destruction of the world, and the Elizabethan magus John Dee's 'Eternal Orang-utan', which would end up by writing all the known books in the cosmos.
Author: Gordon McAlpine
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101621338
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 194
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Meet Edgar and Allan Poe -- twelve-year-old identical twins, the great-great-great-great-grandnephews of Edgar Allan Poe. They look and act so much alike that they're almost one mischievous, prank-playing boy in two bodies. When their beloved black cat, Roderick Usher, is kidnapped and transported to the Midwest, Edgar and Allan convince their guardians that it's time for a road trip. Along the way, mayhem and mystery ensue, as well as deeper questions: What is the boys' telepathic connection? Is Edgar Allan Poe himself reaching out to them from the Great Beyond? And why has a mad scientist been spying on the Poe family for years? With a mix of literary humor, mystery, a little quantum physics, and fun extras like fortune cookie messages, letters in code, license plate clues -- and playful illustrations thoughout -- this series opener is a perfect choice for smart, funny tweens who love the Time Warp Trio, Roald Dahl, and Lemony Snicket.
Author: Hernan Diaz
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1441188118
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 194
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Considers the intersection of aesthetics, politics and metaphysics in Borges's texts, and analyzes their interaction with the North American canon.
Author: Edwin Williamson
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107728827
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 269
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Jorge Luis Borges (1899–1986) was one of the great writers of the twentieth century and the most influential author in the Spanish language of modern times. He had a seminal influence on Latin American literature and a lasting impact on literary fiction in many other languages. However, Borges has been accessible in English only through a number of anthologies drawn mainly from his work of the 1940s and 1950s. The primary aim of this Companion is to provide a more comprehensive account of Borges's oeuvre and the evolution of his writing. It offers critical assessments by leading scholars of the poetry of his youth and the later poetry and fiction, as well as of the 'canonical' volumes of the middle years. Other chapters focus on key themes and interests, and on his influence in literary theory and translation studies.
Author: Lois Parkinson Zamora
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521582539
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 277
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A comparative study of Latin American and North American fiction.
Author: Ariel de la Fuente
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
ISBN: 1786949504
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 240
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Until now Jorge Luis Borges has been considered an asexual author who could not read or write about sex, but in this study historian Ariel de la Fuente reveals for the first time the relationship between Borges’s sexual biography, his erotic readings, and the expression of desire and sex in his literature.
Author: Gale, Cengage Learning
Publisher: Gale, Cengage Learning
ISBN: 1410346617
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 29
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Author: David Riddle Watson
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 303087074X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 230
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Truth to Post-Truth in American Detective Fiction examines questions of truth and relativism, turning to detectives, both real and imagined, from Poe’s C. Auguste Dupin to Robert Mueller, to establish an oblique history of the path from a world where not believing in truth was unthinkable to the present, where it is common to believe that objective truth is a remnant of a simpler, more naïve time. Examining detective stories both literary and popular including hard-boiled, postmodern, and twenty-first century novels, the book establishes that examining detective fiction allows for a unique view of this progression to post-truth since the detective’s ultimate job is to take the reader from doubt to belief. David Riddle Watson shows that objectivity is intersubjectivity, arguing that the belief in multiple worlds is ultimately what sustains the illusion of relativism.
