JOURNAL ARTICLE

Compositional Convergence in Whitman and Borges.

  • Published In: Romance Notes, 2023, v. 63, n. 2. P. 475 1 of 3

  • Database: Academic Search Ultimate 2 of 3

  • Authored By: Benedict, Nora 3 of 3

Abstract

Jorge Luis Borges's interest in and admiration for Walt Whitman has been well-documented and studied. However, there has been no consideration of the overlaps in their writing practices. In this paper, I place two early manuscripts, one by Whitman (1855) and another by Borges (c. 1929), in conversation as a way to highlight their shared compositional methods. In particular, I show how their conception of physical books exhibits what I call compositional convergence, or the independent evolution of similar ways of thinking about the structure of books in different moments in time. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Additional Information

  • Source:Romance Notes. 2023/05, Vol. 63, Issue 2, p475
  • Document Type:Article
  • Subject Area:Literature and Writing
  • Publication Date:2023
  • ISSN:0035-7995
  • DOI:10.1353/rmc.2023.a919737
  • Accession Number:175601421
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