Transcendental Cinema: When the Camera Turns Upon Itself
This essay is intended as a series of case studies following the ideas I presented on the “Quixote Sub Specie Continue reading
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The Quixote Sub Specie Aeternitatis: The Philosophical Significance of the Spanish Golden Age
Todo es mentira, ya verás La poesía es la única verdad Sacar belleza de este caos es virtud – Continue reading
The Infinite Labyrinth of Time in Borges’ “The Garden of Forking Paths”
In his story, “The Garden of Forking Paths,” Jorge Luis Borges explores the labyrinth, the writer, and perhaps above all, Continue reading
Calvino’s Cosmicomics: Time and the Hunter (or t zero)
To me, there’s virtually no doubt that Italo Calvino is a literary genius. Each one of his works create either Continue reading
Borges and Murakami: Philosophy in Fiction
Borges and Murakami Philosophy in fiction has had a long and storied history, from the mythology of Ancient Greece to Continue reading
Calvino and the Codex Seraphinianus: A Psychedelic Mystery
On a cloudy Friday afternoon, sometime at the end of March, we were sat huddled on the floor of a Continue reading
Borges and the Book of Infinity
If the Library of Babel is a library that is all libraries, then what if there was a book that is all books? What if, in the pages of a book, one could find infinity itself?
Borges and Calvino: Invisible Cities and Dreams
…Marco’s answers and objections took their place in a discourse already proceeding on its own, in the Great Khan’s Continue reading
When Fiction Lives In Fiction
Fantastic Borges essay on the history of meta-fiction and its role in literature. After a thorough search of Google I couldn’t Continue reading
Borges’ Dreamtigers
A man sets himself the task of portraying the world. Through the years he peoples a space with images Continue reading
Jorge Luis Borges: Selected Non-Fictions
Another Borges book. Another 5 stars. I mean this man is so brilliant I’m starting to turn into a dithering Continue reading
