Borges and the European avant-garde
By: Linda S. Maier.
Series: American university studies.; v. 183
Publisher: P. Lang; Lang AG International Academic Publishers, Peter
Published: 1996
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 186
Subjects: Borges, Jorge Luis, 1899- -- Poetry.; Avant-garde (Aesthetics) -- Spain -- History -- 20th century.; Experimental poetry, Spanish -- History and criticism.; Spanish poetry -- 20th century -- History and criticism.; Expressionism in literature.; German literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
Description: This study examines Borges' association with the European avant-garde during the late 1910s and early 1920s. It explores the Argentine author's literary origins under the tutelage of the avant-garde, his earliest publications in Spanish journals, and his decisive role in the Ultraist movement, whose ideas shaped his early career and channelled his subsequent literary development. Maier's analysis and interpretation of these early texts document Borges' career as an avant-garde theorist and poet.

This book explains the pertinence of Borges' literary apprenticeship to his later works and establishes the basic unity of his writing.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [145]-180) and index.