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Author Delbanco, Andrew, 1952-

Title The death of Satan : how Americans have lost the sense of evil / Andrew Delbanco.

Publication Info. New York : Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1995.

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Location Call No. Status
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  810.9 D37    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  810.9 DELBANCO    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description 274 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-261) and index.
Contents The age of belief: The old enemy comes to the New World -- The devil in the Age of Reason -- The birth of the self -- Modern Times: The loss of providence -- The age of blame -- The culture of irony -- 7. Prospects.
Summary Delbanco shows how writers of the last three centuries have depicted evil.
Subject American literature -- History and criticism.
Good and evil in literature.
United States -- Civilization -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Literature and society -- United States.
National characteristics, American.
Ethics in literature.
Devil in literature.
Ethics -- United States.
ISBN 0374135665 alkaline paper
9780374135669 alkaline paper
0788169548
9780788169540
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