1st Edition
The Raiders and Writers of Cervantes' Archive Borges, Puig, and García Márquez
By Paul Kong
Copyright 2009
160 Pages
by
Routledge
160 Pages
by
Routledge
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Within the context of Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra and his influence on Jorge Luis Borges, Manuel Puig and Gabriel Marquez, Paul Kong brings a variety of theoretical perspectives to bear as he analyzes the concepts of the archive and the manuscript. Setting the stage with an exploration of the intricate and intriguing relationship between the archive and the manuscript, Kong questions the... Read more
Contents: Part 1 Archives Versus Manuscripts: Exploring the archive; 'Naturally, a manuscript. Part 2 Cervantes' Archive: TropelÃa and 'the dialogue of the dogs'; Descent into TropelÃa: Don Quixote in the cave. Part 3 Post-colonial Archives: Borges: lost in the library; Puig: dialogue with the spider woman; GarcÃa Márquez: archives and manuscripts. Part 4 Archives Go Soft: Archives in the age of technology; Bibliography; Index.
Biography
Paul Kong is a Lecturer at the City University of Hong Kong, teaching stylistics, cultural studies, literature and translation. He has also taught at the University of Hong Kong.
'The Raiders and Writers of Cervantes' Archive is an interesting descent into the secret world of archives, being now invaded and scoured as potentially traumatic experiences. Paul Kong delves into a process of re-definition of such ''wells'' of knowledge, re-structuring them in terms of a psychic entity from which subconscious or unconscious material may emerge.' Library Review
