- Home
- Fiction
- Poetry & Drama
- Penguin Book of Hell
Penguin Book of Hell
Voted 0
ISBN: 9780143131625
Published: 2019
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Number of pages: 320
Language: English
Format: Paperback / softback
Format: 196×128
Published: 2019
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Number of pages: 320
Language: English
Format: Paperback / softback
Format: 196×128
Price:
Whe don't have this product
Delivery in Lithuania within 3-6 weeks
Delivery in Lithuania within 1-4 working days. Possible delay
Delivery in Lithuania within 3-6 weeks
Delivery conditions
Description
Journey into the underworld through three thousand years of visions of hell, from the ancient Near East to modern AmericaFrom the Hebrew Bible's shadowy realm of Sheol to twenty-first-century visions of Hell on earth, The Penguin Book of Hell takes us through three thousand years of eternal damnation. Along the way, you'll take a ferry ride with Aeneas to Hades, across the river Acheron; meet the Devil as imagined by a twelfth-century Irish monk - a monster with a thousand giant hands; wander the nine circles of Hell in Dante's Inferno and witness the debates that raged in Victorian England when new scientific advances cast doubt on the idea of an eternal hereafter. Drawing upon religious poetry, epics, theological treatises, stories of miracles and accounts of saints' lives, this fascinating volume of hellscapes illuminates how Hell has long haunted us, in both life and death.
Reviews (0)
Write a review