Penguin Book of Hell

The Penguin Book of Hell explores three thousand years of visions of hell, from the Hebrew Bible's Sheol to modern America, featuring religious poetry, epics, theological treatises, and stories of miracles and saints' lives.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 320 pages
Publication date: 28 March 2019
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

From the ancient Near East to modern America, delve into three thousand years of visions of hell, explored in The Penguin Book of Hell. This captivating journey takes us through the shadowy realm of Sheol in the Hebrew Bible, to twenty-first-century visions of Hell on earth. Along the way, we embark on a ferry ride with Aeneas to Hades, cross the river Acheron, encounter the Devil as imagined by a twelfth-century Irish monk—a monstrous creature 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, both in life and death.

From the ancient Near East to modern America, delve into three thousand years of visions of hell, explored in The Penguin Book of Hell. This captivating journey takes us through the shadowy realm of Sheol in the Hebrew Bible, to twenty-first-century visions of Hell on earth. Along the way, we embark on a ferry ride with Aeneas to Hades, cross the river Acheron, encounter the Devil as imagined by a twelfth-century Irish monk—a monstrous creature 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, both in life and death.

Weight: 236g
Dimension: 195 x 175 x 21 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780143131625