Mismapping the Underworld
Daring and Error in Dante's ‘comedy’
Stanford University Press · Print & ebook · May 1, 1994
John Kleiner investigates the place of error in the moral and aesthetic system of Dante's Comedy.
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- Genres
- Medieval Literary Criticism, Italian Literary Criticism
- Published
- Stanford University Press, May 1, 1994
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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.
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| Italian Literary Criticism | 85% |
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| Medieval Literary Criticism | 56% |
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Publisher categories
- European Poetry
- Authors
- John Kleiner
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Published
- May 1, 1994
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- European Poetry