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The Fear of Hell: Images of Damnation and Salvation in Early Modern Europe

Vicki L. Hamblin, Piero Camporesi, Lucinda Byatt

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Part 1 Hell: the house with three floors the doubtful eternity scruples and counterfeit chimeras the unhappy country the foul-smelling drains the laughing god from the heart of the Earth to the Sun the comfortable life and weak sinners. Part 2 The host: the stolen ciborium the stupendous excess the mysterious food in the pit of the stomach the horror of the guts.

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Key concepts: Damnation, Art, Philosophy, Psychology, History, Literature