Capital Punishment as Human Sacrifice: A Societal Ritual as Depicted in George Eliot's <em>Adam Bede</em>

The purpose of this article is to identify, describe, and analyze the historic and contemporary connection between the practices of capital punishment and human sacrifice. After describing how human sacrifice constitutes an integral component of capital punishment, it will be argued that the institu...

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Autor principal: Harding, Roberta M. (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2000
En:Año: 2000
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