The Penguin Book of Hell by Bruce, Scott G. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover About the Editor Title Page Copyright Dedication Epigraph Contents Introduction Suggestions for Further Reading Acknowledgments Realms Forbidden to the Living: Ancient Greece and Rome

Tartarus, Prison of the Titans Netherworld Megafauna Odysseus at Death’s Door Socrates Ponders the Punishment of Souls Into the Realm of Shadows

Early Christian Hellscapes (C. 100–500 Ce)

The Fire and the Worm The Rich Man and Lazarus Death’s Defeat: The Harrowing of Hell

On the Lip of the Abyss: The Early Middle Ages (c. 500–1000 CE)

Beyond the Black River Behold, the Fire Draws Near Me Dryhthelm Returns from the Dead The Island of the Fire Giants

Into the Deepest Dark: The Vision of Tundale (c. 1150)

1. Welcome to Hell The Punishment Fits the Crime The Great Below

Teaching the Torments: The High Middle Ages (c. 1000–1300)

Lessons in Horror Preaching Pain Three Tales of Torment Warnings from Beyond the Grave The Abominable Fancy

Abandon All Hope: Dante’s Inferno (c. 1320)

Through the Gates of Hell The Filthy Fen The Boiling Blood The Forest of the Suicides Trapped Under Ice

A Heartbreaking Consort of Woes: Early Modern Afterlives (c. 1500–1700)

The Sharp Pangs of a Wounded Conscience Into That Eternal Furnace A Living Death Shall Feed Upon Them

The Dread of Hell Peoples Heaven: The Nineteenth Century

Hell for Children A Place at Odds with Mercy

Hell of Our Own Making: The Twentieth Century and Beyond

The Death Factories Fire in the Sky The Sum of Suffering Guantánamo Mixtape

Notes Index