An edition of Ritual unbound
(2004)
Ritual unbound
reading sacrifice in modernist fiction
by Thomas Cousineau
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"This study explores the vestiges of primitive sacrificial rituals that emerge in a group of canonical modernist novels. It argues that these novels reenact a process that achieved its seminal expression in the Genesis story of "The Binding of Isaac," in which Abraham, prevented from sacrificing Isaac, offers up a ram in his place. Abraham's gesture breaks with the archaic practice of human sacrifice but implies the necessity of finding a substitute victim."--BOOK JACKET.
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Modernism (Literature), Scapegoat in literature, Sacrifice in literature, English fiction, History and criticism, Rites and ceremonies in literature, Fitzgerald, f. scott (francis scott), 1896-1940, Woolf, virginia, 1882-1941, Conrad, joseph, 1857-1924, James, harry, 1916-1983, English fiction, history and criticism, 20th centuryPeople
F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940), Virginia Woolf (1882-1941), Henry James (1843-1916), Joseph Conrad (1857-1924), Ford Madox Ford (1873-1939)Places
United States, Great BritainTimes
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Ritual Unbound: Reading Sacrifice in Modernist Fiction
2004, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
in English
1611492424 9781611492422
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Ritual unbound: reading sacrifice in modernist fiction
2004, University of Delaware Press, Associated University Presses
in English
0874138515 9780874138511
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-183) and index.
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