Shakespeare's Memory

Author / Editor
Borges, Jorge Luis.

Title
Shakespeare's Memory

Published
Andrew Hurley, trans. Collected Fictions: Jorge Luis Borges (New York: Viking, 1998), pp. 508-15.

Description
Fantasy story about the transmission of Shakespeare's memory from one man to another; includes several references and allusions to Chaucer. The story was first published in Spanish in a limited edition. "La Memoria de Shakespeare" (Buenos Aires: "Dos Amigos," 1982); item not seen.

Alternative Title
La Memoria de Shakespeare.
Collected Fictions: Jorge Luis Borges.

Chaucer Subjects
Chaucer's Influence and Later Allusion