Eight Dramas of Calderón

by Pedro Calderón de la Barca and Edward FitzGerald

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Throughout the world, people believe that much of what they do is accidental, ordinary, and inconsequential, while other acts can bring on divine retribution or earn eternal grace. In Man and the Sacred, Caillois demonstrates how humanity's ambiguous attitude toward the sacred influences behavior and culture.

Drawing on a diverse array of ethnographic contexts, including the sexual rituals of the Ba-Thong of South Africa and evidence...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:025206903X

ISBN13:9780252069031

Release Date:April 2000

Publisher:University of Illinois Press

Length:448 Pages

Weight:1.10 lbs.

Dimensions:1.0" x 5.5" x 8.3"

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