Agnosticismo y fe poética en Jorge Luis Borges
Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires: Editorial Biblos (Teoría Crítica), 2022. First Edition. Paperback. 285p., bibl., wrps. New. Item #79308
ISBN: 9789878140728
Agnosticism and poetic faith in Jorge Luis Borges is a valuable and illuminating study devoted to the poetry of the Argentine writer. Already from its title the inherent tension in which the book invites us to investigate is emphasized: despite the "essential skepticism", reiterated by Borges himself, and even his supposed agnosticism, Borges is a spiritual writer, who expresses his perplexity before metaphysical and religious questions, before the mystery of the Incarnate Word, transforming them into poetry. It is an exercise in poetic faith –observes the author–, a faith that constitutes both aesthetics and ethics. Indeed, Borges's skepticism, awareness of the limitations of language, do not invalidate his literary faith, a faith analogous to that of religious belief.
Lucrecia Romera lucidly dialogues with Borges's texts and reveals the presence of religion in Borges' work, always in relation to poetry. And as the author clarifies, the path traveled is from Borges to Borges, since the way to unfold the theory of the Argentine poet is by poetizing, in order to reveal the ontological reality of poetry, turning metaphysical problems into poetic theory.
Throughout the pages of the book, a poetic universe based on the permanent search for the Word will unfold, where poetic language is perceived as always insufficient, always evanescent, but also as a privileged vehicle towards transcendence. This illuminating study of Lucrecia Romera constitutes not only an incursion into the essence of Borges's poetic word but into the very essence of poetry.
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