Dante's Inferno / translated by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ; introduction by Jonathan Knight.
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TextPublication details: New York : Ballantine Books 2010.Description: xxiv, 323 p. : col. ill. ; 12 cmISBN: - 0345522230
- 9780345522238
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Main Library | NonFiction | 851.1 D192 | Available | 33111006479113 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
The timeless classic of a journey through the horrors of hell
The action adventure blockbuster that's rocking the video game world
All hell is breaking loose. Electronic Arts' thrilling video game Dante's Inferno has exploded on the scene and this book provides unique insight into its creation. Go back to the source with Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's celebrated translation of Dante's epic poem. Presented here in its entirety, the poem provides the original foundation and inspiration for the game. Then learn the game's creators turned the Dante's notorious Nine Circles of Hell into the hottest game around.
In sixteen pages of stunning art, you'll discover how the monsters and characters--from King Minos and Cerberus to Lucifer himself--evolved from their classic images to the darkest creatures in damnation, and witness how the environments fashioned by the game's creators bring the tortured netherworld of absolute evil to hideous life. In addition, Executive Producer Jonathan Knight shares intriguing details about the process of adapting Dante's masterpiece into this epic videogame in a fascinating introduction written exclusively for this book.
Welcome to Hell--let the nightmares begin.
"The literary classic that inspired the epic video game from Electronic Arts." -- P. [1] of cover.
A Del Rey Paperback Original.
Includes an exclusive 16-page full-color insert and a special introduction from the game's executive producer Jonathan Knight.
This translation and the extensive notes (approximately one-half of the book) are meant to reach more than the interested reader, this work is meant to reach a new generation, the generation of video gamers who play the video game "Dante's Inferno".