Tracing the development of Borges' metaphysics through a close reading of his work, this volume examines his philosophical worries, reflections, and musings as they appear in his fiction, essays, and
The aim of Forsyth's (drama and theater arts, Staffordshire U., UK) text is to "elaborate and extend our present knowledge of rewriting as a critical paradigm by explaining the creative and political
Armintor (English, U. of North Texas) examines the intellectual and artistic movements of the modernist period as a background to Lacan's psychoanalytic work on psychosis, masochism, and narcissism. A
American short-story writer Andre Dubus (1936–1999) was a “writer’s writer.” His acclaimed collections of short stories and essays involve one or all of three thematic discourses—that of the Catholic
Nanian (English, George Mason U.) presents a novel theory of poetic "energies" to account for the power poetic language has over its readers. It began as his doctoral dissertation years ago and advanc
Investigates the intellectual connections among three leading 19th century European modernists Baudelaire, Nietzsche, and Richard Wagner. Through a close reading of Baudelaire's and Nietzsche's essays
