Questions of the Liminal in the Fiction of Julio Cortázar

"The great Argentinian writer Julio Cortazar (1914-84) was immersed in one of the most vibrant and revolutionary intellectual scenes of the last century, the Paris of the 1950s and 60s. Yet his often highly cerebral work has never received the close philosophical attention it deserves. Moran's book fills this critical lacuna. Rather than indiscriminately applying 'theory' to Cortazar, it aims to show that his work both engages with and often foreshadows many of the problems which were to become central to so-called poststructuralist philosophy and poetics. This study demonstrates that Cortazar remains enduringly, problematically modern."--BOOK JACKET Cover......Page 1 Half Title......Page 2 Title......Page 6 Copyright......Page 7 CONTENTS......Page 8 Acknowledgements......Page 9 Preface......Page 10 Abbreviations......Page 12 Dedication......Page 14 Introduction: In medias res......Page 16 1 Rayuela and the Re-righting of Metaphysics......Page 48 2 Frames of the Text......Page 100 3 Sexual Extremes......Page 144 4 The Limits of Science and the Horizons of Man......Page 197 Conclusion......Page 247 Bibliography......Page 253 Index......Page 271