A faithful yet totally original contemporary spin on a classic, dantes inferno as interpreted by acclaimed artist sandow birk and writer marcus sanders is a journey through a hell that bears an eerie semblance to our own world. His masterpiece, the aeneid, tells the story of how aeneas, along with fellow survivors of the defeat of troy, came to found rome. Just thinking about the forest restarts intense fear of it. According to the bible, the life expectancy of man was 70 years old. The shade or spirit of virgil that appears in inferno has been condemned. Scholars consider him the greatest of the latin poets. In the poem, hell is depicted as nine concentric circles of torment located within the earth.
Dantes epic, the inferno is brought to the reader in this superbly presented edition. Together with their translation of purgatorio their edition of paradiso apparently still in progress, the two works have great endnotes for every canto of the poem, good appendices and purgatorio has a series of intercantica notes which refer the reader to all the parallels between the two works, so you dont have to. Therefore, we can estimate dante to be 35 at the time of inferno. We see the poet lost in a dark wood, and promptly confronted by three mighty beasts. At the very center of hell the tenth and final level, and the one that is at the very center of the earth is a vast frozen lake. How dantes inferno shaped the modern image of hell the. Inferno a devil chasers mc romance volume 1 paperback december 6, 2014 by l wilder author visit amazons l wilder page. Lucifer, king of hell, immersed in the frozen lake of cocytus at the 9th layer of hell major named demons charon ferryman of the dead into hell over the river acheron minos serpentine demon. A new verse translation and millions of other books are available for instant access. Then you can start reading kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer no kindle device required. Enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a link to download the free kindle app. The durlingmartinez edition is the one used in my college dante class.