This compelling book reveals hard-hitting issues which have faced Americans since the 1800's and still exist today. It reveals history that has been hidden and insights that have been in plain sight-for those willing to look.
Dunbar also wrote in conventional English in other poetry and novels; since the late 20th century, scholars have become more interested in these other works. Suffering from tuberculosis, Dunbar died at the age of 33.
For his part, John has no choice but to take the Frenchman's place - as master of a chateau, director of a failing business, head of a large and embittered family, and keeper of too many secrets.".
This is the debut novel of a marvelous new talent." —Victor LaValle, author of The Changeling N is employed at a prestigious California university, where he has distinguished himself as an aloof and somewhat eccentric presence.
"[Girard's] methods of extrapolating to find cultural history behind myths, and of reading hidden verification through silence, are worthy enrichments of the critic's arsenal." -- John Yoder, Religion and Literature.
The Passion text provides the model interpretation that has enabled Western culture to demystify its own violence—a demystification Girard now extends to mythology.
Gripping and complex, The Scapegoat is a masterful exploration of doubling and identity, and of the dark side of the self. "A dazzlingly clever and immensely entertaining novel."-New York Times
A vivid portrayal of a nation in which corruption pervades, and an exploration of the underside of contemporary Nigerian society. When a solider comes to power, he promises to address...
Riders who are suspected or accused of doping will soon find themselves in a weak and isolated position, which in no way means the press will use their self control to decide whether this 'scapegoating' is justified.
Atthe heart of this book istheissue of scapegoating and sacrifice: howis it thatindividuals and nations endup taking the blame for eventsthathave many complicated causes?Can thisever bejustified? Thenovel explores these questions from ...
The Scapegoat: Ritual and Literature
Reveals the heart of a dark and seamy Paris when the quality controller for a fashionable store--a man who disarms angry and impatient customers with his sweet nature and eloquent...
This is the debut novel of a marvelous new talent." —Victor LaValle, author of The Changeling N is employed at a prestigious California university, where he has distinguished himself as an aloof and somewhat eccentric presence.
In a novel about casual and heedless acts that often lead to unthinkable results, Mary Lee Settle traces the fall of a West Virginia town that was first made rich...
The Scapegoat tells the story of a highly talented college football coach silenced by legal constraints.
The Scandinavian imagination seems obsessed with the concept of guilt - an obsession Norwegian novelist Borgen (1902-79) appears to fully share. This novel's main character, Matias Roos, is a splintered...
Then the Lord said, "Thou has read of the goats whereon the high priest cast lots, one lot for the sin offering and one lot for the scapegoat." And Israel answered trembling, "I have read." Then the Lord said to Israel, "Look now upon ...
As I write these words I would say forgiveness is the most powerful spiritual tool one can take with them on their life journey.
"In The Scapegoat Mary Lee Settle has added a fourth panel, and a vivid one, to her impressive frescoes of her native state". -- Malcolm Cowley Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.
Why he took such a course of action, and who was really to blame for the disaster, form the core of The Scapegoat, Steve Dunn¿s definitive biography of one of the British navy¿s forgotten heroes.