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This article examines Jorge Luis Borges’s reading of Dante Alighieri and the imprint thereof on his own literary production. Despite the fact that Borges (1899–1986) assigned his reading of The Divine Comedy to a rather late period in his life, this study argues that he was acquainted with the work of the Italian poet (or at least part of it) at a much earlier date—as can be perceived in the poem ‘Llamarada’, published in 1920. It also shows that Borges’s intention in dealing with Dante was not in itself parodical. On the contrary, it reveals his concern about the human condition and the ways in which literature can manifest man’s being in the world.
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Núñez Faraco, H.R. Dante, precursor de Borges. Neophilologus 99, 419–432 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11061-014-9409-1
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