Culture and Sacrifice
Ritual Death in Literature and Opera
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 of many Modernists, such as D. H. Lawrence and Stravinsky. In literature, human sacrifice is often used to express a writer's reaction to the residue of barbarism in his own culture. The meaning attached to the theme therefore changes profoundly from one period to another, yet it remains as timely an i…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-521-86733-7
- EAN: 9780521867337
- Produktnummer: 2858541
- Verlag: Cambridge University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2007
- Seitenangabe: 326 S.
- Masse: H24.9 cm x B18.2 cm x D2.6 cm 812 g
- Gewicht: 812
- Sonstiges: Professional & Vocational
Über den Autor
Derek Hughes is Professor of English at the University of Aberdeen.
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