The Science of Sacrifice : American Literature and Modern Social Theory.

The Science of Sacrifice : American Literature and Modern Social Theory.

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From ritual killings to subtle acts of self-denial, the practice and rhetoric of sacrifice has a special centrality in modern American literature. In a compelling interdisciplinary investigation, Susan Mizruchi portrays an episode in American cultural history when the literary movement of realism an...

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Main Author: Mizruchi, Susan L.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2001.
Subjects:
American literature > History and criticism.
Sacrifice in literature.
Literature and anthropology > United States.
Literature and society > United States.
Rites and ceremonies in literature.
Human sacrifice in literature.
Self-sacrifice in literature.
Social problems in literature.
Scapegoat in literature.
Realism in literature.
American literature.
Literature and anthropology.
Literature and society.
United States.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

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Call Number: PS169.S23M59 1998
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