Invisible Work: Borges and Translation

Index

205 Abadi, Marcelo, 7, 97 Abramowicz, Maurice, 43, 46, 47, 162n.30 Acevedo de Borges, Leonor, 40, 160n.4 Adolfo Becquer, Gustavo, 38–39 Aizenberg, Edna, 161n.24 Alazraki, Jaime, xiv, 78, 96, 103, 128 Alegría, Fernando, 56–57 Alifano, Roberto, 40, 55; work in collaboration with Borges: “Irgendwo,” (Hesse), 55 Allen, Esther, xii, 26, 157n.94, 158n.103 Anderson Imbert, Enrique, 117 anti-Semitism, 91, 94 Aparicio, Frances, 40, 51 Apollinaire, Guillaume, 39. Work: “Le Matelot d’Amsterdam” (“The Sailor of Amsterdam”), 112–13 Arabia, 25 Arabian Nights, 17, 25–30, 98; and Aladdin, 25, 27; translation by: — Madrus, 17; — Galland, 26–27, 71 Argentina, 48, 171n.128 Aristotle, 177n.1. Work: Poetics, 97 Arnold, Matthew, 18–22, 25 Balderston, Daniel, xv Barnstone, Willis, 34 Barrenechea, Ana María, 128. Work: Borges the Labyrinth Maker, 141, 189n.1 Baudelaire, Charles-Pierre, 11; and translation of Poe, 61, 168n.100. Work: Fleurs du mal, 11 Beckett, Samuel, 145 Beckford, William. Work: Vathek, 24 Benjamin, Walter, 33–34, 153n.29, 158n.112 Bensoussan, Albert, 12–13 Berkeley, George (Bishop), 90 Bernès, Jean Pierre, 3, 157n.91, 170n.122 Bierce, Ambrose. Work: “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge,” 132–33 Bioy Casares, Adolfo, 40, 106. Works in collaboration with Borges: Anthology of Fantastic Literature, 76, 117, 173n.134, 184n.65; “La fiesta del monstruo” (“The Feast of the Monster”), 137; “Mr. Higginbothom ’s Castrophe” (Hawthorne) 105; “The Honour of Israel Gow,” 67–68, 70, 159n.117; Los mejores cuentos policiales, 61, 103, 112; Macbeth (Shakespeare), 180n.24; “The Purloined Letter” (Poe), 61; “The Three Horsemen of Apocalypse ” (Chesterton) 111; UrnBurial , 91 Bishop, John Peale, xiv Bloom, Harold, xii, xvii, 10, 26, 94–95, 144 Borges, Jorge Luis: on the Arabian Nights, 25–30, 71–74, 80; and characters of: — Joseph Cartaphilus, 99–103; — Chuang-Tsu, 76–78, 121, 172n.132; — Jaromir Hladík, xiii, 96, 132–33; — Homer, 100–3; — Lönnrot, 96, 104–6, 108, 110, 134; Index 206 Invisible Work Borges, and characters of, continued — Pierre Menard, xiii, 31, 95, 130, 180n.22; — Poe’s Dupin, 61–67; — Don Quijote, 75; — James Nolan Ryan, 131–32; — Scharlach, 96, 104–6, 134; — Tzinacan, xiii, 124; — Marcel Yarmolinsky, 96; and cyclical themes, 53–55, 165n.69; as editor, 2, 58, 138; as essayist, xii; as fabulist, xi, xvi, 129, 141; in Geneva, 41–46, 48; and German expressionism, 42–46, 47, 161n.26; and literature as autobiographical, 16, 49–51; in Madrid, 42, 48; and nationalism, 48, 51, 92; and the Newman Arnold controversy, 20– 25; as objectivist, 5–6, 136; and original text, 1–35; and Peronism, 74, 172n.128; and plagiarism, 9–11, 135, 153n.33; as poet, xii; as populist, 48, 164n.53; and realism, 161n.26; and recreation of works, 6, 12, 21, 32–34, 51, 55, 57, 62, 77, 87; as relativist, 5–6, 22, 136; on Shakespeare, 27, 157n.95; and translation: — biblical, 21; — classical/romantic, 15–16, 155n.57, 155n.57; — as copy, 22, 32, 99, 101–2, 135; — literal/periphrastic, 15; — literal/recreation, 20–21, 101 Borges’s works: — “Abejacán el Bojarí, muerto en su laberinto” (“Ibn-Hakam Al Bojarí, Murdered in His Labyrinth”), 170n.123 — “Acerca del expresionismo,” 43 — El Aleph, xi, 72, 111, 170n.123 — Anthology of Fantastic Literature. See Antología de la literatura fantástica — Antiguas literaturas germánicas, 79 — Antología de la literatura fantástica (Anthology of Fantastic Literature), 76, 117, 147n.4, 186n.88 — “An Arabic Legend,” 170n.122 — “Der Aufbruch” (Stadler), 43–44 — “Autobiographical Essay,” 46 — “Averroës’ Search.” See “La busca de Averroes” — “Bartleby the Scrivener” (Melville), 39, 100, 129 — “Before the Law” (Kafka), 125, 186n.88 — “La biblioteca de Babel” (“The Library of Babel”), 127, 186n.95, 187n.102 — Book of Dreams. See Libro de sueños — Book of Imaginary Beings. See Libro de los seres imaginarios — Book of Sand. See Libro de arena — “El brujo postergado” (Manuel), 73–74 — “La busca de Averroes” (“Averroës’ Search”), 7, 96 — “La canción del mañana” (“The Song of the Morrow”), 119–20 — “La casa de Asterión” (“The House of Asterion”), 122 — “Ciclicamente vuelvo al cabo de largas edades,” 54–55 — Cheribunischer Wandersmann (Silesius) (Kodama, co-translator), 57–60 — “Chuang-Tzu’s Dream,” 76–77, 121 — “The Circular Ruins.” See “Las ruinas circulares” — The concatenated deaths. See “Las muertes eslabonadas” — The concentric deaths. See “Las muertes concéntricas” — Cuentos breves y extraordinarios, 76, 77, 170n.122, 186n.88 — “El disco” (“The...