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- catalog abstract "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 social theory, an inquiry that eventually spans historical events such as public lynchings and the political scapegoating of immigrants a century ago.".
- catalog contributor b10659414.
- catalog created "c1998.".
- catalog date "1998".
- catalog date "c1998.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1998.".
- catalog description "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 social theory, an inquiry that eventually spans historical events such as public lynchings and the political scapegoating of immigrants a century ago.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 371-426) and index.".
- catalog description "Sacrificial arts and sciences -- The return to sacrifice in Melville and others -- Rites of passage in an "awkward age" -- Du Bois's gospel of sacrifice.".
- catalog extent "436 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0691015066 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "0691068925 (alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "1998".
- catalog issued "c1998.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press,".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "810.9/353 21".
- catalog subject "American literature History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Human sacrifice in literature.".
- catalog subject "Literature and anthropology United States.".
- catalog subject "Literature and society United States.".
- catalog subject "PS169.S23 M59 1998".
- catalog subject "Realism in literature.".
- catalog subject "Rites and ceremonies in literature.".
- catalog subject "Sacrifice in literature.".
- catalog subject "Scapegoat in literature.".
- catalog subject "Self-sacrifice in literature.".
- catalog subject "Social problems in literature.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Sacrificial arts and sciences -- The return to sacrifice in Melville and others -- Rites of passage in an "awkward age" -- Du Bois's gospel of sacrifice.".
- catalog title "The science of sacrifice : American literature and modern social theory / Susan L. Mizruchi.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "text".