The Quest for God in the Work of Borges

by Annette U. Flynn

Book Overview

This book argues that the quest for God, though largely unheeded by the critical canon, was a major and enduring preoccupation for Borges. This is shown through careful analysis both of his essays, with their emphasis on his philosophical-theological explorations, and of the narrative articulations which are his stories. It is in the poetry of his middle and closing years, however, that Borges' search is most manifest, as it is no longer obscured...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1441185100
• ISBN13: 9781441185105
• Release Date: January 2012
• Publisher: Continuum
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"