There is general consensus about the meaning of most of the stories of Jorge Luis Borges, perhaps the best known and most cosmopolitan Latin American writer of the twentieth century. Professor Shaw turns to the less examined area of structure and narrative method. Over sixty tales, from all the main collections, are brought into play to illustrate such techniques as framing devices, pivotal episodes, shifting themes and inlaid details. The process reveals Borges' craftsmanship and ability to tailor form to content; in some cases, Shaw suggests, formal arrangement functions as a metaphor of Borges' ideas about reality.
- ISBN10 0905205847
- ISBN13 9780905205847
- Publish Date 1 December 1992
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 22 January 2021
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Francis Cairns Publications Ltd
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 191
- Language English