The death of Satan
Subtitle: how Americans have lost the sense of evil
By: Andrew Delbanco.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux; Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Published: 1995
Place of publication: New York, USA
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 274
Copyright date: 1995
Subjects: American literature -- History and criticism; Evil in literature; Literature and society -- United States; National characteristics, American; Ethics in literature; Devil in literature; Ethics, American; United States -- Civilization -- Moral and ethical aspects
Description: Delbanco shows how writers of the last three centuries have depicted evil.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-261) and index.
Published simultaneously in Canada by HarperCollinsCanada Ltd.
Table of contents: title: Introduction
pagenum: 3; label: Part One
title: The Age of Belief
pagenum: 22; label: Chapter 1
title: The Old Enemy Comes to the New World
pagenum: 23; label: Chapter 2
title: The Devil in the Age of Reason
pagenum: 57; label: Chapter 3
title: The Birth of the Self
pagenum: 91; label: Part Two
title: Modern Times
pagenum: 123; label: Chapter 4
title: The Loss of Providence
pagenum: 125; label: Chapter 5
title: The Age of Blame
pagenum: 155; label: Chapter 6
title: The Culture of Irony
pagenum: 185; label: Chapter 7
title: Prospects
pagenum: 219; title: Notes
pagenum: 237; title: Acknowledgments
pagenum: 263; title: Index
pagenum: 265