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

Author/Contributor(s):	Kleiner, John
Publisher:	Stanford University Press
Date:	05/01/1994
Binding:	Hardcover
Condition:	NEW

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.