Jorge Luis Borges: This Craft of Verse (Lectures at Harvard University 1967-68)

Feb 01 2012 259

Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986) gave a series of lectures in 1967 and 1968 as the Charles Norton Professor of Poetry at Harvard University. There are six lectures in this series: The Riddle of Poetry, The Metaphor, The Telling of the Tale, Word-Music and Translation, Thought and Poetry, and A Poet's Creed.

RSS feed Share

Copy RSS

Subscribe on Podcast Addict

Jorge Luis Borges: This Craft of Verse (Lectures at Harvard University 1967-68)

By Jorge Luis Borges

Introduction

Lecture 1: The Riddle of Poetry

Lecture 2: The Metaphor, part 1

Lecture 2: The Metaphor, part 2

Lecture 3: The Telling of the Tale

Lecture 4: Word Music and Translation

Lecture 5: Thought and Poetry, part 1

Lecture 5: Thought and Poetry, part 2

Lecture 6: A Poet's Creed