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Culture and Sacrifice: Ritual Death in Literature and Opera
Culture and Sacrifice Ritual Death in Literature and Opera
Author: Derek Hughes
Human sacrifice has fascinated Western writers since the beginnings of European literature. It is prominent in Greek epic and tragedy, and returned to haunt writers after the discovery of the Aztec mass sacrifices. It has been treated by some of the greatest creative geniuses, including Shakespeare and Wagner, and was a major topic in the works ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780521867337
ISBN-10: 0521867339
Publication Date: 11/12/2007
Pages: 326
Edition: 1
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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