Stavans, Ilan creator author. text bibliography Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc. nyu 2016 2016 monographic eng 1 online resource (xii, 144 pages). In this volume, award-winning cultural critic and controversial public intellectual Ilan Stavans focuses his attention on Jorge Luis Borges's fascination with Jewish culture. Despite not being Jewish himself, Borges wrote essays, poems, and stories dealing with various aspects of Jewish history and culture from the Holocaust to Kabbalah and from Franz Kafka to the creation of the State of Israel. In periods when anti-Semitism in Argentina was on the rise, Borges was clear in his refutation of such xenophobia, and when Jewish writers were hardly available in Spanish, he was among the first to translate them. Throughout Stavans s discussion of these topics he weaves in personal anecdotes on reading Borges for the first time, hearing him read in Mexico, and looking for him in Buenos Aires. No fan of Borges s classic oeuvre will ever see his legacy in the same way after reading this book." Preface: Outsider -- Yo, Judío -- A short catalog of Jewish symbols -- Deutches requiem -- Beyond translation -- On the language of ghosts -- Coda: Borges y yo. Ilan Stavans. Includes bibliographical references and index. Borges, Jorge Luis 1899-1986 Criticism and interpretation Borges, Jorge Luis 1899-1986 Judaism and literature Jews in literature LITERARY CRITICISM European Spanish & Portuguese Jews in literature Judaism and literature PQ7797.B635 Z9183 2016eb 868/.6209 Stavans, Ilan. Albany : State University of New York Press, [2016] (DLC) 2015036569 (OCoLC)928136637 9781438461441 1438461445 http://public.eblib.com/choice/publicfullrecord.aspx?p=4529435 http://site.ebrary.com/id/11212817 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1239521 http://public.ebookcentral.proquest.com/choice/publicfullrecord.aspx?p=4529435 https://login.gbcprx01.georgebrown.ca/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=e000xna&AN=1239521 http://ra.ocls.ca/ra/login.aspx?inst=stlawrence&url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1239521 https://login.library.sheridanc.on.ca/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1239521 http://er.llcc.edu:2048/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1239521 http://public.eblib.com/choice/publicfullrecord.aspx?p=4529435 http://site.ebrary.com/id/11212817 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1239521 http://public.ebookcentral.proquest.com/choice/publicfullrecord.aspx?p=4529435 https://login.gbcprx01.georgebrown.ca/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=e000xna&AN=1239521 http://ra.ocls.ca/ra/login.aspx?inst=stlawrence&url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1239521 https://login.library.sheridanc.on.ca/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1239521 http://er.llcc.edu:2048/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1239521 N$T 160519 20200709060451.0 ocn949930732 eng