| Mismapping the Underworld: Daring and Error in Dante's 'Comedy' Contributor(s): Kleiner, John (Author) |
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ISBN: 0804721432 ISBN-13: 9780804721431 Publisher: Stanford University Press OUR PRICE: $66.50 Product Type: Hardcover Published: May 1994 Annotation: " Many scholars have commented on Dante' s love of order and quest for formal and moral perfection in and through the Divine Comedy; this is the first book to suggest that the poem also deliberately incorporates, and takes pleasure in, error. . . . Provocative and engagingly written, this . . . is certainly a valid contribution to Dante studies." -- Choice |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | European - Italian |
| Dewey: 851.1 |
| LCCN: 93019358 |
| Series: Figurae: Reading Medieval Culture |
| Physical Information: 0.65" H x 5.9" W x 8.92" (0.86 lbs) 200 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Italy |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: John Kleiner investigates the place of error in the moral and aesthetic system of Dante's Comedy. He argues that Dante's delight in finely wrought patterns does not exclude an interest in patterns of disorder, that his pursuit of harmony intensifies his interest in dissonance. |