Breaks new ground by contextualizing the vital link between Buddhism and Borges's theory of literature Offers a new way of thinking about the Borgesian features of contemporary writing Appeals to readers across the fields of literature, philosophy, and politics

Autorentext
Dominique Jullien is Professor of Comparative Literature and French Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, USA, with previous appointments at Columbia University, Harvard University, and Saint-Gallen University. She has published widely on Borges, Proust ( Proust et ses modèles ), travel narratives ( Récits du Nouveau Monde ), and East-West relations ( Les Amoureux de Schéhérazade ).

Inhalt

1. Introduction: Leaving the Palace.- 2. A Borgesian Morphology: Renunciation, Morphology and World Literature.- 3. A Lesson for the King: Renunciation and Politics.- 4. From Ascetic to Poet: Poetic Renunciation.- 5. Modernity's Enigmatic Parables of Renunciation.- 6. Conclusion: Renunciation Stories and Wandering Kings.