Collection of Prefaces and Preface to the Preface

Collection of Prefaces and Preface to the Preface

by (argentina) Jorge Luis Borges

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Beginning with "Preface to the Preface", it contains thirty-nine prefaces and was published in 1975. Borges had a unique opinion on literary style. He believed that "in the case of a slim majority, the preface is similar to a drunken speech or a funeral eulogy, irresponsibly exaggerated and suspicious of reading." He was determined to reform this genre. The discussion involves famous figures such as Shakespeare, Cervantes, and Whitman, as well as some writers forgotten by literary history, with the intention of rediscovering the value of their works.

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