| Description |
xi, 313 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-307) and index. |
| Contents |
Human sacrifice, ancient and modern -- Greece -- Virgil to Augustine -- The discovery of America -- Shakespeare and the economics of sacrifice -- Britain and America: Dryden, Behn, and Defoe -- Lieto Fine: Baroque and Enlightenment sacrifice -- The French Revolution to Napoleon -- The secularization of sacrifice -- Gothic sacrifice -- Wagner -- The second coming of Dionysus -- Pentheus 1913 -- Sparagmos -- Hitler and after. |
| Language |
English text. |
| Subject |
Human sacrifice in literature.
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Human sacrifice in literature. |
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Human sacrifice in art.
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Human sacrifice in art. |
| ISBN |
9780521867337 |
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0521867339 |
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9781107402911 |
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1107402913 |
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