TY - BOOK AU - Benedict,Nora C. TI - Borges and the literary marketplace: how editorial practices shaped cosmopolitan reading SN - 9780300251418 AV - PQ 7797 B463b 2021 U1 - 868/.6209 23 PY - 2021///] CY - New Haven, London PB - Yale University Press KW - Borges, Jorge Luis, KW - Latin American literature KW - 20th century KW - History and criticism KW - Literatura latinoamericana KW - Siglo 20 KW - Historia y crítica KW - Books and reading KW - Latin America KW - History KW - Libros y lectura KW - América Latina KW - Historia KW - Publishers and publishing KW - Editores y publicaciones N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-325, 327-351) and index; INTRODUCTION Sorting through the Stacks-- ONE Borges and the Book-- TWO Borges as Author-- THREE Borges as Critic and Collaborator-- FOUR Borges as Editor and Anthologist-- FIVE Borges as Publicist and Promoter-- SIX Borges as Publisher N2 - Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986) stands out as one of the most widely regarded and inventive authors in world literature. Yet the details of his employment history throughout the early part of the twentieth century, which foreground his efforts to develop a worldly reading public, have received scant critical attention. From librarian and cataloguer to editor and publisher, this writer emerges as entrenched in the physical minutiae and social implications of the international book world.0 Drawing on years of archival research coupled with bibliographical analysis, this book explains how Borges's more general involvement in the publishing industry influenced not only his formation as a writer, but also global book markets and reading practices in world literature. In this way it tells the story of Borges's profound efforts to revolutionize and revitalize literature in Latin America through his varying jobs in the publishing industry ER -