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Culture and sacrifice : ritual death in literature and opera / Derek Hughes.
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hughes, Derek, 1944-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Human sacrifice in literature.
- Human sacrifice in art.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 313 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
- Other Title:
- Culture & sacrifice : ritual death in literature and opera
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.
- Summary:
- Derek Hughes examines the representation of human sacrifice in Western culture from the Iliad to the invasion of Iraq.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-307) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780521867337
- 0521867339
- OCLC:
- 85892229
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