Mismapping the Underworld

Mismapping the Underworld
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Publisher : Stanford University Press
Total Pages : 224
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ISBN-10 : 0804721432
ISBN-13 : 9780804721431
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Book Synopsis Mismapping the Underworld by : John Kleiner

Download or read book Mismapping the Underworld written by John Kleiner and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The three central chapters of the book each examine a different type of error or anomaly: a mismeasured giant, a self-defeating experiment, an erring citation of Virgil. These apparently trivial discrepancies are linked, the author suggests, to much larger questions. What is the status of mimetic realism in Dante's poem? By what right does a poet pretend to represent the order of God's mind? Where does aggressive allegoresis cross over into interpretive error? Through the study of error, the author offers an alternative account of Dante's poetic project, one that gives priority to wit and self-irony rather than didactic seriousness.


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