| Popis: |
This chapter continues the argument by re-examining more closely and refining the third of the four prominent readings of the thirteenth canto. In so doing, the chapter analyzes the nature of esoteric composition, an authorial art of masking one’s literary intent within surreptitious poetic style, ironic dissimulation, and metaphorical misdirection. Did Dante conceal his deepest convictions within a special code for perspicacious readers capable of piercing through literary appearances? If so, what motivation fueled this literary masquerade? Does this literary strategy invite false interpretations from the mass of readers lacking the supposed special discernment powers of the cognoscenti? In any case, how are such inquiries related to interpreting canto thirteen reasonably? |
