Aspekte des Todes bei Jorge Luis Borges (1899–1986)
Aspects of Death in Jorge Luis Borges (1899–1986)
Author(s): Thomas GergenSubject(s): History of Law, Studies of Literature, Spanish Literature
Published by: Evropská společnost pro právní dějiny, z.s.
Keywords: Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986); Magischer Realismus; „Deutsches Requiem“; „El Sur“; „El milagro secreto“; Tod; Todesarten; äußerer und innerer Tod; Erbe; Elmar Wadle (1938-2025)
Summary/Abstract: In 1986, the Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges died. Through his writing style and multilingualism, he initiated a new development in Hispanic literature and indeed in world literature. This study of the aspects of death in several of Borges’s cuentos is dedicated to the German legal historian Elmar Wadle, who died in 2025 and who dealt extensively with the themes of death and inheritance in history and in current law.
Journal: Journal on European History of Law
- Issue Year: 17/2026
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 204-209
- Page Count: 6
- Language: German
