Mismapping the Underworld - Daring and Error in Dante's 'Comedy'

"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

Summary

A Stanford University Press classic.

Additional text

"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."

Product details

• Authors: Kleiner John, John Kleiner
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9780804721431
• ISBN: 978-0-8047-2143-1
• No. of pages: 200
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 227 mm x 17 mm
• Weight: 390 g
• Series: Figurae: Reading Medieval Culture; Indo-Dutch Studies on Developm; Figurae: Reading Medieval Culture; Figurae: Reading Medieval Cult
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies