"For the Scrutiny of Science and the Light of Revelation": American Blood Falls
An article from Southern Cultures 18:1, Spring 2012
Nonfiction, History, Americas, United States
| Author: | Tom Maxwell | ISBN: | 9780807837719 |
| Publisher: | The University of North Carolina Press | Publication: | March 1, 2012 |
| Imprint: | The University of North Carolina Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Tom Maxwell |
| ISBN: | 9780807837719 |
| Publisher: | The University of North Carolina Press |
| Publication: | March 1, 2012 |
| Imprint: | The University of North Carolina Press |
| Language: | English |
Showers of blood, however dreadful, were not news. Pliny, Cicero, Livy, and Plutarch mentioned rains of blood and flesh. Zeus makes it rain blood, 'as a portent of slaughter,' in Homer's Iliad."
This article appears in the Spring 2012 issue of Southern Cultures. The full issue is also available as an ebook.
Southern Cultures is published quarterly (spring, summer, fall, winter) by the University of North Carolina Press. The journal is sponsored by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Center for the Study of the American South.
Showers of blood, however dreadful, were not news. Pliny, Cicero, Livy, and Plutarch mentioned rains of blood and flesh. Zeus makes it rain blood, 'as a portent of slaughter,' in Homer's Iliad."
This article appears in the Spring 2012 issue of Southern Cultures. The full issue is also available as an ebook.
Southern Cultures is published quarterly (spring, summer, fall, winter) by the University of North Carolina Press. The journal is sponsored by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Center for the Study of the American South.
