Borges and Plato: A Game with Shifting Mirrors / / Shlomy Mualem.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Iberoamericana Vervuert eBook Package Backlist 2000-2014
• VerfasserIn: Mualem, Shlomy,
• Place / Publishing House: Frankfurt am Main : : Vervuert Verlagsgesellschaft, , [2012]; ©2012
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Language: English
• Series: Ediciones de Iberoamericana ; 54
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (246 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Acknowledgments --; Table Of Contents --; Abbreviations --; Introduction --; Part One: Philosophical Explorations --; Chapter 1. The Ancient Quarrel: Mythos versus Logos --; Chapter 2. The Intellectual Instinct: Skepticism and the Quest for Truth --; Chapter 3. The Eye of the Soul: In Search of the Idea --; Part Two: Literary Discussions --; Chapter 4. The Broken Mirror: The Crisis of Artistic Mimesis --; Chapter 5. The Guided Dream: The Riddle of Poetic Inspiration --; Chapter 6. The Literary Proteus: The Image of the Poet --; Chapter 7. The Living Labyrinth: Reading and Writing the Book --; Selected Bibliography --; Index of Names
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783954870462; 9783110606539; 9783110663174
• DOI: 10.31819/9783954870462
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Shlomy Mualem.

This comparative approach shows how the Platonic viewpoint sheds new light on Borges' essayistic and fictional work. Analyses to which extent his thought is deeply rooted in classical philosophical doctrines.