Borges, Jorge Luis (Vol. 8) - Borges, Jorge Luis 1899–
Borges, Jorge Luis 1899–
Argentinian essayist, poet, and short story writer, Borges is considered a master of twentieth-century letters. A measure of his unique genius is the coining of the word "Borgesian" to describe his creations, many of which are characterized by the hallucinatory and fantastic. Borges has collaborated with Adolfo Bioy Casares under the pseudonyms of H(onorio) Bustos Domecq and B. Suarez Lynch. (See also CLC, Vols. 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, and Contemporary Authors, Vols. 21-24, rev. ed.)
Borges [is] the archetypal writer of the Literature of Exhaustion…. (p. 11)
The first proposition of the Literature of Exhaustion [is] that authors can no longer write original literature and perhaps cannot write any literature.
This hypothesis about literature … provides the key to Borges's writing….
A critic can most quickly clarify Borges's work, and simultaneously explain the basic features of the Literature...
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