Martin S. Stabb (essay date 1991)
SOURCE: “The Making of a Writer,” in Borges Revisited, Twayne Publishers, 1991, pp. 1–36.
[In the following excerpt, Stabbs examines Borges's early poetry.]
Borges became famous as a writer through his prose rather than through his poetry. Today he is usually thought of first as the creator of fictional labyrinths, then as the writer of erudite short essays, often on arcane subjects, and only last as a poet. Yet he began as a poet and has worked more or less continuously in this genre. Most important, he...
Source: Poetry Criticism, ©2001 Gale Cengage. All Rights Reserved. Full copyright.
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