Open AccessBorges, Solomon and Saturn: “Un diálogo anglosajón del siglo XI” (1961)
Author(s) -
Miguel Ángel Gomes Gargamala
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
selim. sociedad española de lengua y literatura inglesa medieval/selim. sociedad española de lengua y literatura inglesa medieval
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2792-3878
pISSN - 1132-631X
DOI - 10.17811/selim.25.2020.37-60
Subject(s) - scholarship , saturn , passion , subject (documents) , art , humanities , literature , logo (programming language) , history , psychology , library science , political science , computer science , law , physics , planet , psychotherapist , programming language , astrophysics
J. L. Borges’s interest in and understanding of the Old English dialogues featuring King Solomon and the pagan Saturn have hitherto received little academic attention. This article will explore Borges’s engagement with these texts and in doing so aims at contributing to recent scholarship concerning the author’s lifetime fascination with the medieval literatures of northern Europe. Particular attention will be given to Borges’s annotated translation of one of the Solomonic dialogues published in the journal of the National Library of Argentina in 1961, La Biblioteca, under the title “Un diálogo anglosajón del siglo XI”. Borges’s reasons for selecting the text as well as the Old English sources used in this translation will be explored alongside his passion towards the subject of the translated passage.