do you recommend either one for horror fans? i like stories related to hell & suffering, but at the same time I don't enjoy reading poems.
2006-09-03 13:27:52 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
I've read Dante's Inferno.
I really liked it, but it's not really a horror story by any means. Sure, it's about his journey through Hell, but it isn't meant to be scary or anything like that. There isn't even too much detail about the different punishments inflicted on people.
I'd read it just because it's a classic!
Oh, and there are versions of it that are in a less poetic format. Some editors put it into a more novel-like style.
2006-09-03 13:34:59 · answer #1 · answered by dpfw16 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've never tried Dante's Inferno. I have read part of Paradise Lost, and I can recommend sampling it, but can't recommend reading the whole thing. It's way too long unless you're really determined. I agreed with Samuel Johnson's comment on Paradise Lost, "No one ever complained of its being too short." But even though you don't enjoy reading poems, there's one classic I'd recommend to a horror fan. It's titled simply "Darkness," by Lord Byron. It was way ahead of its time in the horror genre. If someone gave it a title today, it would more likely be, "The Day The Sun Went Out."
2006-09-03 15:22:39 · answer #2 · answered by yahoohoo 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
nicely the two are extraordinarily stable. i could start up with Paradise lost with the help of Milton. Dante's Inferno is going to be translated from the Italian which potential it could selection in high quality reckoning on the translation. maximum folk have the Penguin classic translation it is o.k.. you may discover the language in Paradise lost confusing in the previous each and every thing yet once you keep examining it, it is going to quickly replace into much less complicated.
2016-11-24 20:22:13 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have read Paradise Lost. I enjoyed it; it is wordy and descriptive. If you don't like long poems I don't recommend it to you. Though it does contain some awful stuff, it is probably not what you are seeking if you want horror, especially considering it is not totally hopeless. Afterall, Milton wrote a sequel, Paradise Regained.
2006-09-03 15:17:50 · answer #4 · answered by Pippy 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I've read both, but I don't know if I'd say either was for horror fans. They both require a good deal of knowledge regarding historical background as well. If you want to try Dante's Inferno, try using http://www.italianstudies.org/comedy/index.htm . This site provides annotation, which explains a lot of the background as you read.
2006-09-03 13:50:55 · answer #5 · answered by adelinia 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Inferno is an epic poem. It's very good. The imagery is gripping and kinda creepy, but if you're not a fan of poems and unwilling to wade through the first part of the book (in order to "Get into it"), I'd say skip it.
2006-09-03 13:35:24 · answer #6 · answered by laura_ghill 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Paradise Lost would bore you to tears, then, but the Inferno is black and sardonic, and you'll lose yourself in the suicide forest, where we can only be heard when we bleed.
2006-09-03 13:34:49 · answer #7 · answered by Em 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I read parts of it but it is sort of long.
2006-09-03 13:33:43 · answer #8 · answered by Kevin H. 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋