Inferno Decoded: The essential companion to the myths, mysteries and locations of Dan Brown's InfernoProfile Books, 20 cze 2013 - 272 In this illuminating companion to Dan Brown's Inferno, historian Michael Haag sets out the truth behind the novel's myths, mysteries and locations. How do the clues unveiled in symbology professor Robert Langdon's daring quest from Florence to Venice and Istanbul overlap with history? What codes and symbols did Dante employ in the Divine Comedy and which secret religious, philosophical, and scientific themes are hidden within his work? What lies behind Botticelli's Mappa dell'Inferno? And what are the cult scientists known as transhumanists really up to? |
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Dan Browns Inferno | 9 |
Dante anD hIs WorlD | 25 |
Dante Alighieri | 27 |
Beatrice | 41 |
The Divine Comedy | 57 |
Florence and the Black Death | 93 |
the Rediscovery of a Better World | 107 |
The Mathematics of Malthus | 153 |
Apocalypse Now? | 164 |
Transhumanists the Eternal Optimists | 176 |
Infernal locatIons | 197 |
Florence | 201 |
Venice and Istanbul | 211 |
Dan BroWn anD hIs WorlD 12 Langdon Brown 221 13 An Infernal Glossary | 241 |
Further Reading and Websites | 259 |