books and stories about hell?

[littlebabyjesus]

In 'Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man' by James Joyce there are a lot of descriptions of the catholic priest ranting on and on about hell

I was about to post this. Ranting on to a bunch of young children, too. It's really quite scary.

 

[Madusa]

Um... Not sure I'll bother with spoilers for this one.

Basically a 'comedy' is a piece of writing with a 'happy' ending (often involving redemption etc), used for plays by the Greeks and Romans, but later applying to verse in the middle ages.

In the Divine comedy Dante is lead through hell in cantica I: Inferno, Purgatory in II: Purgatorio and heaven in III: Paradiso. In Paradiso he meets Beatrice (based on a tragic love he had as a young man), sees heaven and is allowed to return to Earth to talk of his experiences.

Happy ending, so comedy.

Ahh ok, cheers Cid!

 

[kabbes]

The Divine Comedy, Mr. Of Arc, is about as an unpleasant imagining of hell as you'll come across. If you want twisted gore and horrible tortures, look no further.

 

[pennimania]

I have tracked The Devil His Due down on Amazon Marketplace for £1.99

I bet it'll seem rubbish when I read it again

 

[pennimania]

I have tracked The Devil His Due down on Amazon Marketplace for £1.99

I bet it'll seem rubbish when I read it again

It was rubbish

it was another anthology I was thinking of - I will track it down and post again.

Sorry

 

[Louloubelle]

 

[Louloubelle]

detail from the right panel (hell) from The Garden of Earthly Delights

 

[Dr. Furface]

Huis Clos by Jean Paul Satre (originally a play, though it's been adapted for cinema).

As this is Sartre, it's hell on earth. It's where his famous 'hell is other people' comes from.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huis_clos

 

[rekil]

The Third Policeman by Flann O'Brien.