On Writing
Borges' On Writing is designed to offer a comprehensive and balanced account of the evolution of Borges' thinking on the craft of writing, an intense and perennial concern of his. Borges had a remarkable impact on writers in the USA, Britain, Italy, France and many other countries. His essays were perceived to have anticipated some of the principal topics of modern literary theory, from Russian formalism through to poststructuralism and postmodernism.\ Read Borges' On Mysticism and On Argentina.
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\ Publishers WeeklyTranslator-editor Levine has distilled the critical writings of one of the 20th century's most distinguished men of letters into a serious treatise on style and the power of words. Included are essays written in the 1920s, the 1980s, and every decade between, providing a mirror that reflects not only Borges's artistic evolution, but much of the century. Broken into seven sections, the slim volume begins with a collective manifesto on aesthetics written when Borges was just 22, revealing a young writer already in serious contemplation of the artistic philosophies that would define his life: "Two aesthetics exist: the passive aesthetic of mirrors and the active aesthetic of prisms." He goes on to discuss literary pleasures found in English, French, Irish, and American writing; the '20s found him occupied with Joyce and the mythic fiction of Turkestan; the '30s with Woolf, Eliot, Valéry, and Faulkner. He gives serious consideration to the often-dismissed detective story, highlighting Poe, Adolfo Casares, and Ellery Queen. Many of the essays included were written in the '20s, when Borges was still a young writer working hard to establish his place in the literary community. \ Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\ \
