Miriam Van Scott outpaces Dante...a Thomas Guide to the Dark Side. -- Detour magazine With entries ranging from Dante's Inferno to the 1994 noir film Dark Angel: The Ascent, Van Scot's hellacious handbook entertains as it guides readers through a cultural history of Hell. -- Publishers Weekly Fascinating reading...Van Scott's fine research and treatment of the material enables the reader to grasp specific points with great depth. All libraries will do well to add such a contemporary title. -- Library Journal