Borges the Unacknowledged Medievalist: Old English and Old Norse in His Life and Work
M. Toswell, "Borges the Unacknowledged Medievalist: Old English and Old Norse in His Life and Work "
English | ISBN: 1137451297 | 2014 | 125 pages | AZW3 | 322 KB
English | ISBN: 1137451297 | 2014 | 125 pages | AZW3 | 322 KB
The Argentinian writer and poet Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986) was many things during his life, but what has gone largely unnoticed is that he was a medievalist, and his interest in Germanic medievalism was pervasive throughout his work. This study will consider the medieval elements in Borges creative work and shed new light on his poetry.