Reflections on Plagiarism in Jorge Luis Borgesʼs Works

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Table of Contents 5
3. Preface 7
4. Six Degrees of Separation 11
5. Forgery: The Art of Deception 41
6. The Artist and the Mountebank 59
7. Aping the Master 77
8. Fracture, Facture and the Collecting of Islamic Art 91
9. Shape-shifters of Transculturation 111
10. Fake Supreme 127
11. Reflections on Plagiarism in Jorge Luis Borgesʼs Works 139
12. “I have chosen to write notes on imaginary books” 153
13. Faked Translations 167
14. Creating a Cult, Faking Relics 181
15. Desiring Fakes 199
16. Unmasking the Fake 223
17. Contributors 239
18. Illustration Credits 243