Borges The Unacknowledged Medievalist: Old English And Old Norse In His Life And Work (The New Middle Ages)

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.

• • Author: M. Toswell
• • Publisher: Palgrave Pivot
• • Publication Date: Nov 07, 2014
• • Number of Pages: 125 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Hardcover
• • ISBN-10: 1137451297
• • ISBN-13: 9781137451293