'Brilla y muere, muere y brilla': dawn and sunset description in Borges' poetry (1923-1967)

Autor:	Frank T. Riess
Rok vydání:	1972
Předmět:	Literature Linguistics and Language History Literature and Literary Theory Poetry business.industry Affection media_common.quotation_subject Sunset business Language and Linguistics media_common
Zdroj:	Bulletin of Hispanic Studies. 49:383
ISSN:	1478-3398 1475-3839
DOI:	10.3828/bhs.49.4.383
Popis:	Images of sunrise and sunset are recurring features of Borges' poetry. In his early work, sunsets form an essential part of his city landscapes, which are always the same: views of the arrabal (or suburb at the edge of Buenos Aires), made up of streets flanked by small houses. The overall effect is of a perspective stretching out to the Pampa, and even at a distance, the setting sun dwarfs everything in the foreground as if at the end of the street. The poetry of the 1920s expresses the poet's great affection for the city of Buenos Aires and its surroundings, especially in the late afternoons of the quiet suburban streets. Emotional attachment to the suburbs is very strong and is reflected in the number of poems describing walks through streets at sunset or at dawn. The statements of Borges' poetry are not merely literary, but also extremely close and personal.
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