num_pages: 126
description: 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.
language: English
title: Borges the Unacknowledged Medievalist: Old English and Old Norse in His Life and Work
publisher: Palgrave Pivot