Culture and Sacrifice: Ritual Death in Literature and Opera

By Derek Hughes

Book Overview

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... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107402913
• ISBN13: 9781107402911
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 326 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.7" x 9.6"