Borges and Kafka: Sons and Writers by Sarah Roger (English) Hardcover Book

by Sarah Roger

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Borges and Kafka by Sarah Roger Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Description Sarah Roger investigates Jorge Luis Borges s development as an author in light of Franz Kafka s influence, and in consideration of Borges s relationship with his father, a failed author. She explores how reading Kafka helped Borges mediate and make productive use of his own relationship with his father. Publisher Description Sarah Roger investigates Jorge Luis Borges s development as an author in light of Franz Kafka s influence, and in consideration of Borges s relationship with his father, Jorge Guillermo Borges (Borges p re, a failed author). Borges believed that much of Kafka s writing derived from his personal experiences, particularly his relationship with his father. This book looks at how reading Kafka helped Borges mediate and make productive use of his ownrelationship with his father, and it offers a thorough analysis of Borges p re s writing, which is supplemented by an appendix that reprints Borges p re s poetry for the first time. Borges and Kafkaalso provides extensive analysis of Kafka s presence in Borges s critical writing, his translations, and the stories that he modelled on Kafka. Particular attention is paid to the concepts that Borges identified as Kafka s obsessions: subordination, infinity, and hierarchical relationships, which Borges referred to as the patria potestad. Roger s analysis is accompanied by an annotated bibliography docum

• Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
• Year: 2017
• Binding: Hardcover
• ISBN: 9780198746157
• Condition: Fine

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