Humor in Borges

by René de Costa

Humor in Borges studies the humor embedded in the fiction of the serious and metaphysical literary figure, Jorge Luis Borges.

Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986), an Argentine writer of serious avant-garde poetry and prose, often wrote of the humor in the works of contemporaneous authors such as Franz Kafka. In response to this humor, Borges created a comedic tradition all his own. Humor in Borges studies the humor embedded in the fiction...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814328881
• ISBN13: 9780814328880
• Release Date: April 2000
• Publisher: Wayne State University Press
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.4"