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Borges hunting for dragons: the Nordic heritage in the work of the Argentine Master (part II)

Published on: March 10 2022 Last updated on: April 23 2023 Written by: andreaansanselmo Categorized into: Italian Literature, Mito, Characters, Poetry, History of Religions

How is it possible to conceive a poetic form made up of a single, total and indivisible expression? The skald tries to answer this question with a long journey that coincides with his own life. Once the Individual Ego has been exhausted in a maelstrom of adventures, the protagonist finally manages to grasp the word, which for him contains all the chaos in the simplicity of a single runic engraving: it is undr which means "wonder". Therefore, this "wonder" is the cornerstone of Norse poetics for Borges: it is the ability to be amazed and moved that manages to synthesize the apparent incoherence of chaos.

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Borges hunting for dragons: the Nordic heritage in the work of the Argentine Master

Published on: January 16 2022 Last updated on: May 27, 2022 Written by: andreaansanselmo Categorized into: Italian Literature, Characters, History of Religions

Borges' enigmatic fictions, an admirable synthesis of apparently irreconcilable genres, have intrigued dozens of literary critics, scholars and fans of fantastic literature.

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