Abstract

SVERDLOFF, Mariano Javier. Re-writings of the Tradition: Le latin mystique by Remy de Gourmont. Circe clás. mod. [online]. 2013, vol.17, n.2, pp.123-149. ISSN 1851-1724.

Among the various fin-de-siècle reinterpretations of the 'decadent' latin literature, Le latin mystique (1892) of Remy DE GOURMONT has a singular place, because is not only a critical essay but also an annotated and translated anthology. Le latin mystique, book that reviews a literature supposedly not studied by critics and scholars, is a key text for understanding aspects of the fin-de-siècle sensibility and the 'non-academic' readings that twentieth century writers, like Ezra POUND or Jorge Luis BORGES, will make of the classical and medieval latin literature.

Keywords : Gourmont; Décadence; Medieval latin; Intertextuality; Menard.

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