Excerpts from the 1967 and 1968 Norton Lectures given by Jorge Luis Borges can be heard here.
Amongst other things, Borges discusses how French literature, although great, is too self-conscious. Preconceiving one's characters, Borges argues can lead one to "labor under illusory problems."
Borges' advice to writers: tamper as little with your own work as possible.
2 comments:
Take that "only recently discovered" bit with a grain of salt - the Borges tapes were always available at Harvard's Poetry Room!!
Thanks for the link!
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