Borges's Poe : the influence and reinvention of Edgar Allan Poe in Spanish America /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Esplin, Emron (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Athens : The University of Georgia Press, [2016]
Series:	New southern studies.
Subjects:	Poe, Edgar Allan, > 1809-1849 > Criticism and interpretation > History > 20th century. Borges, Jorge Luis, > 1899-1986 > Criticism and interpretation. Poe, Edgar Allan, > 1809-1849 > Influence. Poe, Edgar Allan, > 1809-1849 > Appreciation > Latin America. Borges, Jorge Luis, > 1899-1986. Poe, Edgar Allan, > 1809-1849. Art appreciation. Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) Latin America. 1900-1999 Criticism, interpretation, etc. History.

Table of Contents:

Introduction: reciprocal influence
Renaming Poe: Jorge Luis Borges's literary criticism on Edgar Allan Poe
Borges's philosophy of Poe's composition
Reading and rereading
Translating Poe: Jorge Luis Borges's Edgar Allan Poe translations
Theory, practice, and Pym
Facts and an envelope
Rewriting Poe: Jorge Luis Borges's Poe-influenced and Poe-influencing short fiction
Buried connections
Supernatural revenge
Epilogue: commemorative reframing.