{"product_id":"culture-and-sacrifice-ritual-death-in-literature-and-opera-paperback-9781107402911","title":"Culture and Sacrifice; Ritual Death in Literature and Opera (Paperback \/ softback) 9781107402911","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eCulture and Sacrifice\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eRitual Death in Literature and Opera\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn this 2007 book, Derek Hughes examines the representation of human sacrifice in Western culture from The Iliad to the invasion of Iraq.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDerek Hughes (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781107402911, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 24 November 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e326 pages\u003cbr\u003e24.4 x 17 x 1.7 cm, 0.52 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eReview of the hardback: '… an expedition of veritably epic proportions through the entire history of Western literature - no shortage of ambition marks this project. … Hughes is to be commended for handling so deftly an enormous corpus that testifies to the unending fascination the subject has exerted on writers.' Philological Quarterly\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHuman 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 image of cultural collapse as it did over two thousand years ago. Drawing on sources from literature and music, in this 2007 book Derek Hughes examines the representation of human sacrifice in Western culture from The Iliad to the invasion of Iraq.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Human sacrifice, ancient and modern\u003cbr\u003e 2. Greece\u003cbr\u003e 3. Virgil to Augustine\u003cbr\u003e 4. The discovery of America\u003cbr\u003e 5. Shakespeare and the economics of sacrifice\u003cbr\u003e 6. Britain and America: Dryden, Behn, and Defoe\u003cbr\u003e 7. Lieto Fine: Baroque and Enlightenment sacrifice\u003cbr\u003e 8. The French Revolution to Napoleon\u003cbr\u003e 9. The secularization of sacrifice\u003cbr\u003e 10. Gothic sacrifice\u003cbr\u003e 11. Wagner\u003cbr\u003e 12. The second coming of Dionysius\u003cbr\u003e 13. Pentheus 1913\u003cbr\u003e 14. Sparagmos\u003cbr\u003e 15. Hitler and after\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History of ideas [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of ideas\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20ideas%20%5BJFCX%5D%22\"\u003eJFCX\u003c\/a\u003e], Literary studies: general [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: general\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20general%20%5BDSB%5D%22\"\u003eDSB\u003c\/a\u003e], Opera [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Opera\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Opera%20%5BAVGC9%5D%22\"\u003eAVGC9\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46005314027800,"sku":"9781107402911","price":39.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781107402911i_00fad275-5302-4e0f-b765-e28797b6c6d8.jpg?v=1694484872","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/culture-and-sacrifice-ritual-death-in-literature-and-opera-paperback-9781107402911","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}