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Borges and Plato : a game with shifting mirrors / Shlomy Mualem.

Title
Borges and Plato : a game with shifting mirrors / Shlomy Mualem.
Author
Mualem, Shlomy
Publication
Madrid : Iberoamericana ; Frankfurt am Main : Vervuert, 2012.

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Description
246 p.; 23 cm.
Series Statement
Ediciones de Iberoamericana. Serie A, Historia y crítica de la literatura ; 54
Uniform Title
  • Digitalia.
  • Editionen der Iberoamericana. Serie A, Literaturgeschichte und -kritik ; 54.
Alternative Title
Game with shifting mirrors
Subject
  • Borges, Jorge Luis, 1899-1986 > Criticism and interpretation
  • Logos (Philosophy)
  • Myth
  • Plato
  • Plato > Criticism and interpretation
Genre/Form
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Pt. 1. Philosophical explorations -- The ancient quarrel: mythos versus logos -- The intellectual instinct: skepticism and the quest for truth -- The eye of the soul: in search of the idea -- Pt. 2. Literary discussions -- The broken mirror: the crisis of artistic mimesis -- The guided dream: the riddle of poetic inspiration -- The literary proteus: the image of the poet -- The living labyrinth: reading and writing the book.
ISBN
  • 9781936353064 (Vervuert : pbk.)
  • 9788484895954 (Iberoamericana : pbk.)
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library