Links:

    -WIKIPEDIA: William Peter Blatty
    - ESSAY: William Peter Blatty on why there is good in ‘The Exorcist’ (William Peter Blatty, April 05, 2019, American)
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    -REVIEW ESSAY: Rereading ‘The Exorcist’ in an age of new demons: William Peter Blatty’s novel arrived when the supernatural could still deliver a shock (Louis Bayard, August 19, 2023, Washington Post)
    -ESSAY: How The Exorcist Turned the Tensions Beneath the Inviolable Nuclear Family Unit into Horror: Kelly Roberts, Michael Grasso, and Richard McKenna on the Patriarchy Beneath the Possession (Kelly Roberts, Michael Grasso, and Richard McKenna, October 12, 2022, LitHub)
    -REVIEW: of The Exorcist (James Baldwin)
    -ESSAY: To Save Us All From Satan’s Power: William Friedkin’s horror classic is 50 years old. (George Case, 26 Dec 2023, Quillette)