Satan Is Dead! Satan Is Dead!

That's what Wallace Stevens said,

The death of Satan was a tragedy
For the imagination. A capital
Negation destroyed him in his tenement
And, with him, many blue phenomena.

and everybody knows that when a poet says something, you better damn well pay attention.

Time for a pop quiz.

1) Who is dead?
2) Was this death an instance of comedy?
3) What killed him?
4) Where was he killed?
5) Who was he killed with?

This episode of the "Esthetique du Mal" has been brought to you by the letter "VIII".