The Resource The Science of Sacrifice : American Literature and Modern Social Theory
The Science of Sacrifice : American Literature and Modern Social Theory
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The item The Science of Sacrifice : American Literature and Modern Social Theory represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of San Diego Libraries.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
Resource Information
The item The Science of Sacrifice : American Literature and Modern Social Theory represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of San Diego Libraries.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- 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 and the fledgling field of sociology both converged in the belief that sacrifice is basic to sociality. This is a book about the fascination that sacrifice held for writers--principally Herman Melville, Henry James, and W.E.B. Du Bois--and also for those who articulated the main tenets of modern socia
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (446 pages)
- Contents
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- Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents
- Isbn
- 9781400822478
- Label
- The Science of Sacrifice : American Literature and Modern Social Theory
- Title
- The Science of Sacrifice
- Title remainder
- American Literature and Modern Social Theory
- Subject
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- American literature -- History and criticism
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Electronic books
- Human sacrifice in literature
- Human sacrifice in literature
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- American | General
- Literature and anthropology
- Literature and anthropology -- United States
- Literature and society
- Literature and society -- United States
- Realism in literature
- Realism in literature
- American literature
- Rites and ceremonies in literature
- Sacrifice in literature
- Sacrifice in literature
- Scapegoat in literature
- Scapegoat in literature
- Self-sacrifice in literature
- Self-sacrifice in literature
- Social problems in literature
- Social problems in literature
- United States
- Rites and ceremonies in literature
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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 and the fledgling field of sociology both converged in the belief that sacrifice is basic to sociality. This is a book about the fascination that sacrifice held for writers--principally Herman Melville, Henry James, and W.E.B. Du Bois--and also for those who articulated the main tenets of modern socia
- Cataloging source
- MERUC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Mizruchi, Susan L
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- dictionaries
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- American literature
- Sacrifice in literature
- Literature and anthropology
- Literature and society
- Rites and ceremonies in literature
- Human sacrifice in literature
- Self-sacrifice in literature
- Social problems in literature
- Scapegoat in literature
- Realism in literature
- LITERARY CRITICISM
- American literature
- Human sacrifice in literature
- Literature and anthropology
- Literature and society
- Realism in literature
- Rites and ceremonies in literature
- Sacrifice in literature
- Scapegoat in literature
- Self-sacrifice in literature
- Social problems in literature
- United States
- Label
- The Science of Sacrifice : American Literature and Modern Social Theory
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents
- Control code
- ocn700688654
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (446 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781400822478
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/cttspq4
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)700688654
- Label
- The Science of Sacrifice : American Literature and Modern Social Theory
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents
- Control code
- ocn700688654
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (446 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781400822478
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/cttspq4
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)700688654
Subject
- American literature -- History and criticism
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Electronic books
- Human sacrifice in literature
- Human sacrifice in literature
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- American | General
- Literature and anthropology
- Literature and anthropology -- United States
- Literature and society
- Literature and society -- United States
- Realism in literature
- Realism in literature
- American literature
- Rites and ceremonies in literature
- Sacrifice in literature
- Sacrifice in literature
- Scapegoat in literature
- Scapegoat in literature
- Self-sacrifice in literature
- Self-sacrifice in literature
- Social problems in literature
- Social problems in literature
- United States
- Rites and ceremonies in literature
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