Situates the work of four women writers who were part of Borges's circle in the history of women's writing generally, drawing on feminist theory from Europe and North America as well as from Latin American perspectives. Against Borges examines four women writers--Norah Lange, Silvina Ocampo, Estela Canto, and Silvina Bullrich--who are not often considered together, but who each had their literary start within the close-knit circles...