Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. 1 Introduction: History, Politics, and Literature in Borges 1
5. 2 Menard and His Contemporaries: The Arms and Letters Debate 18
6. 3 The "Labyrinth of Trenches without Any Plan" in "El jardin de senderos que se bifurcan" 39
7. 4- Prague, March 1939: Recovering the Historicity of "El milagro secreto" 56
8. 5 Cryptogram and Scripture: Losing Count in "La escritura del dios" 69
9. 6 Going Native: Beyond Civilization and Savagery in "Historia del guerrero y de la cautiva" 81
10. 7 On the Threshold of Otherness: British India in "£1 hombre en el umbra!" 98
11. 8 Behind Closed Doors: The Guayaquil Meeting and the Silences of History 115
12. 9 Conclusion 132
13. Notes 139
14. Works Cited 185
15. Index 205