Gracia Painting Borges

Philosophy Interpreting Art Interpreting Literature
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-4384-4179-5
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 322 Seiten, Format (B × H): 203 mm x 203 mm

Reihe: SUNY series in Latin American and Iberian Thought and Culture

A provocative examination of the artistic interpretation of twelve of Borges’s most famous stories.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gracia, Jorge J. E.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Dekonstruktivismus, Strukturalismus, Poststrukturalismus

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Stories
Plates
Preface

1. Introduction

I. Painted Stories

IDENTITY AND MEMORY
2. The Other
3. Funes, the Memorious
4. The South
5. The Interloper

FREEDOM AND DESTINY
6. The Garden of Forking Paths
7. The Circular Ruins
8. The House of Asterion
9. The Immortal

FAITH AND DIVINITY
10. The Rose of Paracelsus
11. The Writing of the God
12. The Secret Miracle
13. The Gospel According to Mark

II. Identity and Interpretation

14. Literature, Art, and Philosophy
15. Interpretation
16. Painting Borges
17. Limits of Interpretation

Notes
Bibliography
Painting Borges: Art Interpreting Literature
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Jorge J. E. Gracia is SUNY Distinguished Professor and Samuel P. Capen Chair in Philosophy and Comparative Literature at the University at Buffalo, State University of New York. His many books include Images of Thought: Philosophical Interpretations of Carlos Estévez's Art and Identity, Memory, and Diaspora: Voices of Cuban-American Artists, Writers, and Philosophers, both also published by SUNY Press.