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Aren't You Afraid?

Aren't You Afraid?

The Devil and Daniel Webster, 1941

Henry Giardina
Dec 05, 2022
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As readers of this newsletter already know, I think about the devil a lot. I think about how the devil functions in fiction1, specifically how he functions as metaphor. He's always an interesting character with more than a hint of queerness to him, but his ancillary position in most works often has the effect of watering him down. In works of art about t…

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