SOURCE: "Borges and Dis-Reality: An Introduction to His Poetry," in Hispania, Vol. XLV, No. 4, December, 1962, pp. 625-29.

In the following essay, Foster argues that Borges creates an atmosphere of "dis-reality" in Fervor de Buenos Aires, which transcends the ordinary boundaries of time and space.

 No habrá sino recuerdos
…..

como parte de una Realidad innegable. 

Reality and ir-reality are common words in our daily vocabulary. However, in the realm of art, there are not two "realities," but three. The other is a "dis-reality," a type of atmosphere created in which both reality, what is verisimile, and ir-reality, what is fantasy, are partaken of.

This paper will attempt to discuss Fervor de Buenos Aires, an early work of Borges, as an example of extremely localized poetry (Buenos Aires), but possessing a style which makes use of elements of dis-reality. We want to consider as a basis for our discussion Anderson...