Gary Jansen

The Infernos of Dante and Dan Brown (eBook, ePUB)

A Visitor's Guide to Hell: A Special from Tarcher/Penguin

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A terrific companion to the new Dan Brown movie, Inferno! Take an extraordinary journey into the signs and symbols behind Dan Brown's latest Robert Langdon thriller. Just in time for the blockbuster movie, this short guide introduces readers to Dante Alighieri's fourteenth-century epic poem Inferno and explores how Brown uses Dante's imagery and symbols in his fast-paced novel. The Infernos of Dante and Dan Brown: A Visitor's Guide to Hell answers the questions and illuminates the facts behind Brown's historical puzzles, cryptic clues, and plot twists. It allows every reader to immerse himself more deeply into Robert Langdon's world. Author Gary Jansen is an independent scholar of Dante's work and a critically acclaimed writer on modern religion. In addition to providing an inside perspective on how Dan Brown uses the uncanny and remarkable themes of Dante, Jansen presents a reliable and engaging overview of the Middle Ages poet and his work. The Infernos of Dante and Dan Brown is an all-around resource into the religious themes, historical secrets, and beguiling imagery behind this breathtaking new thriller.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Penguin Publishing Group
• Seitenzahl: 45
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Juni 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780698135581
• Artikelnr.: 42970242

Autorenporträt

GARY JANSEN is an editor at the Crown Publishing Group and a frequent writer and speaker on religion and spirituality in print and on television, radio, and the Web. He has appeared on A&E, the Sundance Channel, the Travel Channel, Coast to Coast AM, National Public Radio, and CNN.com. The author of the memoir Holy Ghosts (Tarcher/Penguin), his writing has appeared in USA Today, the Chicago Sun-Times, and The Huffington Post.