Borges and Dante: Echoes of a Literary Friendship (European Connections) - Softcover

Núñez-Faraco, Humberto

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3039105116 ISBN 13: 9783039105113

Publisher: Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften, 2006

Synopsis

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.

About this title

About the Author:

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.

Review:

«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)

About this edition

• Publisher: Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 3039105116
• ISBN 13: 9783039105113
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 230