Gli studi di Jorge Luis Borges su Dante (Jorge Luis Borges's Studies on Dante)

Gli studi di Jorge Luis Borges su Dante (Jorge Luis Borges’s Studies on Dante)

pp. 31–44

Author: Valentina Valenti (ISFiDa-SISD), ORCID: 0009-0009-5952-5489

Abstract: The essay offers a reappraisal of Jorge Luis Borges’s studies on Dante’s Commedia, with particular reference to the Nine Dantesque Essays. Its aim is to restore the coherence and depth of a corpus that provides an essential key to reading the poem in the light of modernity. Through his empathetic analysis, Borges approaches Dante’s verses with the freedom and sensitivity of a poet, transforming the critical act into a living dialogue with the text. His interpretation, grounded in a combination of theoretical knowledge, linguistic analysis, and poetic intuition, goes beyond mere erudition to become a genuine work of Dantean literature. The critical oeuvre of the Argentine poet thus emerges as the reflection of a poet’s mind, aimed at reawakening questions of meaning destined to arise repeatedly from a sui generis hypotext.