Dante's Hel (De Goddelijke Komedie) 

• 1918 
• 57 /58 
• Alighieri, Dante 
• Wereldbibliotheek 

Poem in 34 Songs (Cantos) - 14th century - transferred in prose and with an introduction provided by Dr. H. J. Books. "You who enter here, give up all hope," reads the inscription on the gate of hell. Divina commedia, Inferno, Canto III, line 9. Dr. Books puts it this way: "... renounce all hope, you who enter here." Dante's Hel (completed in 1321) is considered by some to be the pinnacle of the early Fantastic. Report of the poet's journey through Hell, via the Purgatory to Heaven or Paradise, and thus with a happy ending.

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