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A “lively...generously illustrated” (Washington Post Book World) survey of how, over the past four thousand years, religious leaders, artists, writers, and ordinary people in the West have visualized Hell-its location, architecture, purpose, and inhabitants. Illustrations; full-color inserts.

A lively survey of how, over the past 4,000 years, religious leaders, poets, painters, and ordinary people have visualized Hell--its location, architecture, furnishings, purpose, and inhabitants. Illustrations, some in color. Author lecture tour.

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A “lively...generously illustrated” (Washington Post Book World) survey of how, over the past four thousand years, religious leaders, artists, writers, and ordinary people in the West have visualized Hell-its location, architecture, purpose, and inhabitants. Illustrations; full-color inserts.

A lively survey of how, over the past 4,000 years, religious leaders, poets, painters, and ordinary people have visualized Hell--its location, architecture, furnishings, purpose, and inhabitants. Illustrations, some in color. Author lecture tour.

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780156001373
  • Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
  • Publication date: 10/28/1995
  • Edition number: 1
  • Pages: 288
  • Sales rank: 319,527
  • Series: Harvest Book Series
  • Product dimensions: 6.98 (w) x 9.94 (h) x 0.71 (d)

Table of Contents

Introduction 1
1 The Great Below 5
2 The Egyptian Book of the Dead 12
3 Zoroastrianism 16
4 Classical Hades 20
5 Platonic Hell 30
6 The Roman Empire 34
7 Sheol 40
8 Gnosticism 46
9 Manichaeism 49
10 The Early Christians 52
11 The Descent into Hell 66
12 The Last Judgment 71
13 Apocalyptic Tours of Hell 83
14 The Middle Ages 89
15 Mystery Plays 114
16 Purgatory 126
17 Dante's Inferno 133
18 The High Middle Ages 145
19 The Reformation 158
20 Baroque Hell 172
21 Paradise Lost 177
22 The Mechanical Universe 190
23 The Enlightenment 199
24 Swedenborg's Vision 210
25 The Nineteenth Century 213
26 Goethe's Faust 218
27 The Romantics 221
28 Universalism 233
29 The Age of Freud 239
Acknowledgments 244
Bibliography 246
Photo Credits 257
Index 263

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  • Posted June 28, 2010

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    As a religion major, hell is one of my favorite subjects. I chose this book at random off the shelve & was SO HAPPY that I did. A book about Hell for a gift idea or displaying it on your coffee table for guests might be a bit morbid for some people. However this book is more about Hell's history & its effect on our entire way of life. It's informative, up-to-date, well written & laid out, and has dozens of good points to make. The only thing I wish it included is the concept of Hell surrounding the East/Asia--this book focuses strictly on religions in the Western world.

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  • Posted October 22, 2009

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    This book was a bit challenging to get through, but in the end I was well informed of the different types of hell. The book is very well academically written and was very imformational. I read it for my English 101 class and compared it to many different forms of hell, such as: psychological, metaphorical, and physical. I enjoyed this book...somewhat.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted January 11, 2003

    Great Book

    An outstanding guide with extraordinary detail toward different beliefs in the afterlife. I couldn't put it down. Everytime I started to read it felt as if I went into another world! What really captivated me was the exquisite artwork that portraied toward hell. The scriptures were magnificent. I recommend it to anyone interested in occult or just plain literature.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted May 28, 2001

    Very Well Done

    Informative and interesting. It does focus almost entirely on Christain hell, when it would have been nice to have more information on other culture's underworlds. Great pictures.

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