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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Borges, Jorge Luis, 1899-1986. This craft of verse. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2000 (OCoLC)606358556 |
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| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Jorge Luis Borges; Calin Andrei Mihailescu |
| ISBN: | 0674002903 9780674002906 |
| OCLC Number: | 44026480 |
| Description: | 154 p. : ill. ; 20 cm. |
| Contents: | 1. The Riddle of Poetry -- 2. The Metaphor -- 3. The Telling of the Tale -- 4. Word-Music and Translation -- 5. Thought and Poetry -- 6. A Poet's Creed -- Of This and That Versatile Craft / Calin-Andrei Mihailescu. |
| Series Title: | Charles Eliot Norton lectures, 1967-1968. |
| Responsibility: | Jorge Luis Borges ; edited by Calin-Andrei Mihailescu. |
Abstract:
The transcription of a collection of lectures, given at Harvard between 1967 to 1968, by the author Jorge Luis Borges. This book details Borges's theories on poetry, prose forms, literary history and the philosophy of literature, drawing on examples from literature across the world.
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Whether Borges's topic is a metaphor, epic narrative, or the nature of poetry, his basic aim is to reproduce the experience of wonder that poetry inspires. Accordingly, he shies away from poetic theories and instead allows his examples and personal impressions to speak for themselves...the value of these lectures lies in their frequent success at conveying the passions and joys in the experience of artfully arranged words.--Thomas Hove "Review of Contemporary Fiction " Read more...
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