In this Book
- Painting Borges: Philosophy Interpreting Art Interpreting Literature
- Book
- 2012
- Published by: State University of New York Press

summary
A provocative examination of the artistic interpretation of twelve of Borges' most famous stories. In Painting Borges, Jorge J. E. Gracia explores in depth the artistic interpretation of fiction using a novel and philosophically sophisticated approach. The book presents a provocative theory of the artistic interpretation of literature, thus contributing both to aesthetics and hermeneutics; it provides original artistic and philosophical interpretations of twelve of Borges's most famous stories, thus making new inroads in to the understanding of Borges's work; and it introduces readers to recent figurative Argentinean and Cuban art, two of the most vibrant artistic currents today. The book breaks new ground because, although the artistic interpretation of literature is nothing new in the history of art, the philosophical exploration of how artists have interpreted literature is a topic that has been largely ignored.
Table of Contents

- Title Page, Copyright Page
- pp. i-vi
- 1: Introduction
- pp. 1-22
- I: Painted Stories
- 2: The Other
- pp. 25-36
- 3: Funes, the Memorious
- pp. 37-46
- 4: The South
- pp. 47-56
- 5: The Interloper
- pp. 57-66
- 6: The Garden of Forking Paths
- pp. 67-78
- 7: The Circular Ruins
- pp. 79-88
- 8: The House of Asterion
- pp. 89-98
- 9: The Immortal
- pp. 99-108
- 10: The Rose of Paracelsus
- pp. 109-118
- 11: The Writing of the God
- pp. 119-128
- 12: The Secret Miracle
- pp. 129-138
- 13: The Gospel According to Mark
- pp. 139-152
- II: Identity and Interpretation
- 14: Literature, Art, and Philosophy
- pp. 155-184
- 15: Interpretation
- pp. 185-206
- 16: Painting Borges
- pp. 207-228
- 17: Limits of Interpretation
- pp. 229-252
- Bibliography
- pp. 259-290
- Painting Borges: Art Interpreting Literature
- pp. 291-294
Additional Information
ISBN
9781438441795
MARC Record
OCLC
794781036
Pages
288
Launched on MUSE
2012-08-07
Language
English
Open Access
No