ISBN:
1429421835
,
9781429421836
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (ix, 426 p.)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Uniform Title:
Correspondence
Uniform Title:
Correspondence. Selections
Parallel Title:
Print version Selected letters of Sir J.G. Frazer
DDC:
301.092
Keywords:
Frazer, James George 1854-1941 Correspondence
;
Frazer, James George Correspondence
;
Frazer, James George Correspondence
;
Frazer, James George
;
Mythologists Correspondence
;
Mythologists Biography
;
Mythologists Correspondence
;
Mythologists Biography
;
Mythologists Biography
;
Mythologists Correspondence
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY ; Social Scientists & Psychologists
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Regional Studies
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; General
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Mythologists
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Religion
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Philosophy & Religion
;
Mythology, Comparative
;
Biographies
;
Personal correspondence
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
General introduction -- Before The golden bough, 1875-90 -- Anthropology and the classics, 1890-1900 -- The third edition, 1901-15 -- After The golden bough, 1916-31.
Abstract:
This is a fully annotated edition of selected letters by (and in some cases to) Sir J.G. Frazer (1854-1941), the eminent anthropologist, classicist, and historian of religion. "Frazer" was read by virtually everyone working in those fields in the first third of the twentieth century. His great work, "The Golden Bough", offered a grand vision of humanity's mental and spiritual evolution - from vain attempts to compel the gods to do our bidding (which Frazer called magic) through equally vain attempts to propitiate the gods through prayer and sacrifice (his characterization of religion) to rationality and science. His richly varied correspondence with prominent figures such as Edmund Gosse, A.E. Housman, and Bronislaw Malinowski, among others, offers an unparalleled insight into British intellectual life of the time, and also throws light upon the composition of "The Golden Bough" itself
Description / Table of Contents:
General introductionBefore The golden bough, 1875-90 -- Anthropology and the classics, 1890-1900 -- The third edition, 1901-15 -- After The golden bough, 1916-31.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. - Description based on print version record
