This Evangelist
This Evangelist - meaning Summary
Spectacle and Cynical Persuasion
Cummings satirically depicts a carnival-like public sphere where an overblown evangelist, slick editor, and polished candidate perform for noisy crowds. Grotesque, comic images show persuasion as theatrical, commodified, and manipulative, reducing authority to spectacle. The speaker registers disgust and partial refusal, distancing himself from the mass gullibility while exposing how publicity, print, and image manufacture power and overwhelm individual judgment.
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