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Author Delbanco, Andrew, 1952-

Title The death of Satan : how Americans have lost the sense of evil / Andrew Delbanco
Edition First edition
Published New York : Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1995

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 W'PONDS  816.03552 D3442/D  AVAILABLE
Description 274 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents 1. The Old Enemy Comes to the New World -- 2. The Devil in the Age of Reason -- 3. The Birth of the Self -- 4. The Loss of Providence -- 5. The Age of Blame -- 6. The Culture of Irony -- 7. Prospects
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-261) and index
Subject American literature -- History and criticism.
Devil in literature.
Ethics in literature.
Ethics, American
Good and evil in literature.
Literature and society -- United States.
National characteristics, American.
SUBJECT United States -- Civilization http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85139934 -- Moral and ethical aspects. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00006099
LC no. 95010007
ISBN 0374135665 (alk. paper)