Johnson and Borges: Some Reflections

Document Type

Contribution to Book

Source Publication

Samuel Johnson Among the Modernists

Publication Date

2019

Editor

Anthony W. Lee

Publisher

Clemson University Press with Liverpool University Press

City

Clemson, South Carolina

Edition

1

ISBN

978-1942954668

First Page

189

Last Page

212

Department

English

Description

Jorge Luis Borges and Adolfo Bioy Casares had a life long, critical interest in the writings of Samuel Johnson, reflected not only in Borges various critical and fictional writings, but also in the conversations (extending over 55 years) between Borges and Bioy published in Daniel Martino's volume "Borges" (Destino, 2006). My essay discusses what we can learn about Johnson from the counter-intuitive interest expressed by the two Argentinian modernists.

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