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Mismapping the Underworld
John Kleiner
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Description for Mismapping the Underworld
Hardback. 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. Series: Figurae: Reading Medieval Culture. Num Pages: 200 pages, 16 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1D; 2ADT; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 390.
A Stanford University Press classic.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
Series
Figurae: Reading Medieval Culture
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
Palo Alto, United States
ISBN
9780804721431
SKU
V9780804721431
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Reviews for Mismapping the Underworld
"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