Reflections on the Mystical Visions of Jorge Luis Borges and Emanuel Swedenborg
Byย William Rowlandson
With a foreword by Gary Lachman
William Rowlandson offers a brief but deep-reaching study of Argentine short story writer Jorge Luis Borges’s appreciation of Emanuel Swedenborg, demonstrating the fascinating influence of the Swedish visionary on Borges’s writing. Read more
Hardcover, 78 pages
Description
In 1978, the great Argentine short story writer Jorge Luis Borges described Emanuel Swedenborg as the most extraordinary man in recorded history. In Imaginal Landscapes, William Rowlandson offers a brief but deep-reaching study of this often-unknown appreciation, showing how the Swedish visionary’s influence has gone a long way to explain Borges’s preoccupations with parallel existences, the infinite, and the mystery of language. Delightfully writtenย and steeped in a wonderful sense of curiosity, Imaginal Landscapes cements Rowlandson’s position as one of the UK’s leading scholars on Borges, and it raises important questions about the criteria we often use to assess the lives and works of those thinkers and writers who have come to be labeled as mystics.
Established in 1810, the main aim of the Swedenborg Society is to translate and publish the works of Emanuel Swedenborg. The Society was incorporated in 1925 and has since become a registered educational charity. Housed in a historic building in central London, they sell not only their own books but Swedenborg-related titles from other publishers, as well as offering a reference and lending library.
Complete list of Swedenborg Society books we carry >
All Swedenborg Society books we carry are imported and contain British spelling, punctuation, and word usage.
To learn more about the Swedenborg Society, visit their website.
Additional information
Author | William Rowlandson |
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Foreword | Gary Lachman |
Format | hardcover |
ISBN | 978-0-85448-183-5 |
Length | 78 pages |
Series | Swedenborg Society |