Mirror of Time: Temporality and Contemporaneity in the work of Jorge Luis Borges

<p>Borges recognized the cracking facade of modernity and the fragility of its monist absolutisms, its commitment to linearity, and its faith in historical progress.  By disavowing the ability of time to be contained within any collective structure of representation, Borges both refutes modern...

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Main Author: Jennifer Donnelly
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University Library System, University of Pittsburgh 2012-04-01
Series:Contemporaneity: Historical Presence in Visual Culture
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Online Access:http://contemporaneity.pitt.edu/ojs/index.php/contemporaneity/article/view/38