Devil's Contract: The History of the Faustian Bargain by Simon, Ed

Devil's Contract: The History of the Faustian Bargain (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781685891046)

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Devil's Contract: The History of the Faustian Bargain by Simon, Ed

Devil's Contract: The History of the Faustian Bargain

$28.99
Devil's Contract: The History of the Faustian Bargain by Simon, Ed

Devil's Contract: The History of the Faustian Bargain

$28.99
Format: Hardcover
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A devilishly fascinating tour of the Faustian bargain through the ages, from brimstone to blues and beyond ...

From ancient times to the modern world, the idea of the Faustian bargain--the exchange of one's soul in return for untold riches and power--has exerted a magnetic pull upon our collective imaginations.

Scholar Ed Simon takes us on a historical tour of the Faustian bargain, from the Bible to blues, and illustrates how the impulse fto sacrifice our principles in exchange for power is present in all kinds of social ills, from colonialism to nuclear warfare, from social media to climate change to AI, and beyond. In doing so, Simon conveys just how much the Faustian bargain shows us about power and evil ... and ourselves.

Author: Ed Simon
ISBN-10: 1685891047
ISBN-13: 9781685891046
Publisher: Melville House Publishing
Language: English
Published: 07/09/2024
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.25lbs

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 04/15/2024
Publishers Weekly 04/22/2024
By Ed Simon
By Ed Simon
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Ed Simon is the executive director of Belt Media Collaborative and editor in chief of literary journal Belt Magazine. A staff writer for LitHub, his essays and criticism have appeared in the New York Times, the Atlantic, the Paris Review Daily, the New Republic, and the Washington Post. He lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with his family.

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