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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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Introduction 1. The Germanic Medievalism of Borges´ Life 2. Borges the Poet 3. Borges the Scholar and Writer 4. Borges the Fabulist 5. Borges´ Medievalism Bibliography

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

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