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.

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"For scholars of medieval studies who have yet to read Borges, Toswell's analysis of how Borges used (and, in a sense, lived) medievalism will serve as a sustained and earnest argument for why you should do so immediately." - Medievally Speaking

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University of Western Ontario, Canada

M. J. Toswell

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M.J. Toswell is a Professor of English at the University of Western Ontario, Canada.

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Book Title: Borges the Unacknowledged Medievalist
Book Subtitle: Old English and Old Norse in His Life and Work
Authors: M. J. Toswell
Series Title: The New Middle Ages
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137444479
Publisher: Palgrave Pivot New York
eBook Packages: Palgrave Literature Collection, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Nature America Inc. 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-45129-3Published: 07 November 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-44447-9Published: 07 November 2014
Series ISSN: 2945-5936
Series E-ISSN: 2945-5944
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 109
Topics: Literary Theory, Cultural Theory, Medieval Literature, North American Literature, Classical and Antique Literature, Twentieth-Century Literature

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

Front Matter

Introduction

The Germanic Medievalism of Borges’ Life

Borges the Poet

Borges the Scholar and Writer

Borges the Fabulist

Borges’ Medievalism

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