Beschreibung:
"I can think of no other scholar of Latin American literature who enjoys and amply deserves the reputation of Sylvia Molloy. She is a brilliant reader and an elegant writer, the one scholar who makes Borges accessible without making him simple."--Doris Sommer, Amherst College
Preface ixIntroduction 11. Shadow Plays 52. Textual Rubrications 263. Fragments and Greeks 404. Postulating a Reality, Selecting a Reality 585. Converting the Simulacrum 776. Pleasure and Perplexity 957. The Buried Foundation 112Abbreviations 131Notes 133Index 139