Borges
Jorge Luis
[hawr-he lwees] /ˈhɔr hɛ lwis/ (Show IPA), 1899–1986, Argentine poet, short-story writer, and philosophical essayist.
Contemporary Examples
Is Dave Eggers’ ‘The Circle’ Our Generation’s ‘1984’? Stefan Beck October 1, 2013
Borges Had A Genius For Literature But Not Love Or Much Else Allen Barra October 23, 2014
Borges Had A Genius For Literature But Not Love Or Much Else Allen Barra October 23, 2014
García Márquez Showed Us How Great Fiction Could Be Malcolm Jones April 17, 2014
The Politics of Literature: An interview with Nobel laureate Mario Vargas Llosa Michael Moynihan October 9, 2013
The Best of Brit Lit Peter Stothard January 24, 2011
Who Is the Best Western Novelist? Allen Barra November 9, 2010
What Karl Rove Learned From Jorge Luis Borges Alec Nevala-Lee November 19, 2012
Borges Had A Genius For Literature But Not Love Or Much Else Allen Barra October 23, 2014
Classic Miles Davis Recordings Reveal New Beauty in Their Classic Mono Format Malcolm Jones December 7, 2013
noun
Jorge Luis (ˈxorxe lwis). 1899–1986, Argentinian poet, short-story writer, and literary scholar. The short stories collected in Ficciones (1944) he described as “games with infinity”
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adjective of Jorge Luis Borges or his works reminiscent of elements of Borges’ stories and essays, esp labyrinths, mirrors, reality, identity, the nature of time, and infinity Contemporary Examples ‘Elementary’ vs. ‘Sherlock’: Why There’s Room for More Than One Holmes Allen Barra November 28, 2012 Historical Examples The Civilization of Illiteracy Mihai Nadin The Civilization […]
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Cesare [che-zah-re] /ˈtʃɛ zɑ rɛ/ (Show IPA), 1476?–1507, Italian cardinal, military leader, and politician. Lucrezia [loo-kree-shuh,, -zhuh;; Italian loo-kre-tsyah] /luˈkri ʃə,, -ʒə;; Italian luˈkrɛ tsyɑ/ (Show IPA), (Duchess of Ferrara) 1480–1519, sister and political pawn of Cesare Borgia: patron of the arts. their father, Rodrigo [raw-dree-gaw] /rɔˈdri gɔ/ (Show IPA), Alexander VI. Historical Examples Lucretia […]