The Literary Universe of Jorge Luis Borges

?Balderston's compilation is defined by its subtitle. The work is a comprehensive labor of literary love providing for the dedicated Borges fan or scholar the location in his works of allusions to people, titles, and places. The most impressive facet of the compilation, apart from the sheer enthusiasm necessary to undertake and complete it, is the breadth and depth of Borge's knowledge, which encompasses all cultures and all ages. The index gives a sense of Borge's encyclopedic mind. Aside from attesting to Borge's brilliance, the index will be useful for students of Hispanic literature and of Borge's himself.... Recommended for graduate or research libraries with strong interest in Hispanic literature, or for undergraduate libraries with strong programs in humanities or comparative literature.?-Choice "Balderston's compilation is defined by its subtitle. The work is a comprehensive labor of literary love providing for the dedicated Borges fan or scholar the location in his works of allusions to people, titles, and places. The most impressive facet of the compilation, apart from the sheer enthusiasm necessary to undertake and complete it, is the breadth and depth of Borge's knowledge, which encompasses all cultures and all ages. The index gives a sense of Borge's encyclopedic mind. Aside from attesting to Borge's brilliance, the index will be useful for students of Hispanic literature and of Borge's himself.... Recommended for graduate or research libraries with strong interest in Hispanic literature, or for undergraduate libraries with strong programs in humanities or comparative literature."-Choice

DANIEL BALDERSTON is Associate Professor of Spanish at Tulane University. A specialist on Jorge Luis Borges, he has published books and articles on him in Spanish and English, incuding The Literary Universe of Jorge Luis Borges: An Index to References and Allusions to Persons, Titles, and Places in His Writings (Greenwood, 1986). Other books, book chapters, and publications in English- and Spanish-language academic journals focus on aspects of modern Latin America fiction and poetry and the relationships between literature and history and literature and society. Dr. Balderston has also published translations of works by Jose Bianco, Silvina Ocampo, Sylvia Molloy, and Juan Carlos Onetti.