He read and wrote with the greatest of passions. Through a career that spanned 60 years, Jorge Luis Borges, the most celebrated of Argentine writers, created one of the most significant and enduring literary legacies of any writer of the twentieth century. The reach of his poetry, his stories, and his essays was global; and his works came to be read throughout the world even before he reached elder-statesman status. Borges has left a legacy of written art that often defies categorization or even accurate description. Through his work, he managed to bring the literature of other places and other centuries under one canopy-an umbrella of modern writing that will, one suspects, welcome curious readers in centuries to come.
About the Author:
Tim Mcneese is associate professor of history at York College in York, Nebraska
Introduction 6
Argentine Son 13
Off to Europe 25
The Busiest Decade 38
Writer in Transition 54
Poetry and Power 68
Fame and Marriage 81
The Last Years 93
Chronology 106
Notes 110
Bibliography 112
Further Reading 113
Index 115
Overview
He read and wrote with the greatest of passions. Through a career that spanned 60 years, Jorge Luis Borges, the most celebrated of Argentine writers, created one of the most significant and enduring literary legacies of any writer of the twentieth century. The reach of his poetry, his stories, and his essays was global; and his works came to be read throughout the world even before he reached elder-statesman status. Borges has left a legacy of written art that often defies categorization or even accurate ...