Selected Letters of Sir J. G. Frazer
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 29 September 2005
- ISBN 9780199266968
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages436 pages
- Size 242x164x29 mm
- Weight 828 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 3 line drawings 0
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Short description:
An edition of selected letters by (and in some cases to) Sir J. G. Frazer (1854-1941), the eminent anthropologist and historian of religion, and author of The Golden Bough. It offers an invaluable insight into British intellectual life at the turn of the century, and also illuminates the composition, and reception, of The Golden Bough itself.
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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.
Ackerman carries off his project with the deceptive ease of one who knows more about Frazer than anyone else alive. Like his earlier biography, this collection will be an indispensable resource for students of Frazer for many years to come.
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
