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

Esplin, Emron,

Borges's Poe : the influence and reinvention of Edgar Allan Poe in Spanish America / Emron Esplin. - Athens : The University of Georgia Press, (c)2016. - 1 online resource (xi, 238 pages). - The New Southern Studies .

Includes bibliographies and index.

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.



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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.


Electronic Books.

PS2637 / .B674 2016