Selected Letters of Sir J. G. Frazer
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.
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Selected Letters of Sir J. G. Frazer
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.
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Selected Letters of Sir J. G. Frazer

Selected Letters of Sir J. G. Frazer

by Robert Ackerman (Editor)
Selected Letters of Sir J. G. Frazer
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Selected Letters of Sir J. G. Frazer

Selected Letters of Sir J. G. Frazer

by Robert Ackerman (Editor)

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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.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780191514814
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Publication date: 09/29/2005
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
File size: 837 KB

About the Author

Robert Ackerman was formerly Director of Liberal Arts at the University of the Arts, Philadelphia.

Table of Contents

  • General Introduction
  • I. Before The Golden Bough, 1878-90. Letters
  • II. Anthropology and the Classics, 1890-1900. Letters
  • III. The Third Editior, 1900-15. Letters
  • IV. After The Golden Bough, 1916-31. Letters
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