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Borges and Plato: A Game with Shifting Mirrors / Shlomy Mualem.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Ediciones de Iberoamericana ; 54Publisher: Frankfurt am Main : Vervuert Verlagsgesellschaft, [2012]Copyright date: ©2012Description: 1 online resource (246 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9788484895954
  • 9783954870462
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 100
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Table Of Contents -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part One: Philosophical Explorations -- Chapter 1. The Ancient Quarrel: Mythos versus Logos -- Chapter 2. The Intellectual Instinct: Skepticism and the Quest for Truth -- Chapter 3. The Eye of the Soul: In Search of the Idea -- Part Two: Literary Discussions -- Chapter 4. The Broken Mirror: The Crisis of Artistic Mimesis -- Chapter 5. The Guided Dream: The Riddle of Poetic Inspiration -- Chapter 6. The Literary Proteus: The Image of the Poet -- Chapter 7. The Living Labyrinth: Reading and Writing the Book -- Selected Bibliography -- Index of Names
Summary: This comparative approach shows how the Platonic viewpoint sheds new light on Borges' essayistic and fictional work. Analyses to which extent his thought is deeply rooted in classical philosophical doctrines.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9783954870462

Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Table Of Contents -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part One: Philosophical Explorations -- Chapter 1. The Ancient Quarrel: Mythos versus Logos -- Chapter 2. The Intellectual Instinct: Skepticism and the Quest for Truth -- Chapter 3. The Eye of the Soul: In Search of the Idea -- Part Two: Literary Discussions -- Chapter 4. The Broken Mirror: The Crisis of Artistic Mimesis -- Chapter 5. The Guided Dream: The Riddle of Poetic Inspiration -- Chapter 6. The Literary Proteus: The Image of the Poet -- Chapter 7. The Living Labyrinth: Reading and Writing the Book -- Selected Bibliography -- Index of Names

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This comparative approach shows how the Platonic viewpoint sheds new light on Borges' essayistic and fictional work. Analyses to which extent his thought is deeply rooted in classical philosophical doctrines.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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