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The History of Literature
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The Penguin Book of Hell by Stephen Greenblatt
The penguin book of hell is a history of literature. Three thousand years of visions of hell from the near east to modern america. Book covers dante, the hebrew bible and debates in victorian england about whether scientific achievements meant hell could not actually exist. But that doesn't stop the literary minded, does it? They can make a real place a metaphor or a state of mind, or a place you travel to in spirit. Humans need hell, don't you think?
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