The Palgrave archive edition of the golden bough
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The Palgrave archive edition of the golden bough
Palgrave
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Reprinted from the third editin, first published by Macmillan in 1913-15
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Sir James George Frazer originally set out to discover the origins of one ancient custom in Classical Rome - the plucking of the Golden Bough from a tree in the sacred grove of Diana, and the murderous succession of the priesthood there - and was led by his investigations into a twenty-five year study of primitive customs, superstitions, magic and myth throughout the world. The monumental thirteen-volume work which resulted has been a rich source of anthropological material and a literary masterpiece for more than half a century. - The Golden Bough is an essential reference work for all involved in the intellectual disciplines of anthropology and the history of religion but also on literature and the arts. - The third edition, reprinted here was Frazer's final authoritative statement in which he offered readers a dramatically new way of understanding the religious beliefs and behaviour of the ancient world and their connection to those of the 'primitive' world that then made up much of the British Empire. - Frazer's three-stage evolutionary ladder of magic-religion-science gave his large readership a clear way of understanding, in David Hume's phrase, 'the natural history of religion'. - The third edition is presented with two major works of scholarship enabling readers to understand the origins, development and importance of Frazer's landmark work - The first extra volume is an out of print biography of J.G. Frazer by Professor Robert Ackerman first published by Cambridge University Press, Professor Ackerman also provides us with an excellent introduction in this volume. - The second volume contains Dr Robert Fraser's The Making of the Golden Bough. - These volumes are available as a two-volume set as well as being part of the fifteen volume set.
Table of Contents
Volume 1: J.G Frazer: His Life and Work R.Ackerman This Volume will Include Robert Ackerman's introduction to The Golden Bough Volume 2: The Making of the Golden Bough R.Fraser Volume 3: Part I: The Magic Art and the Evolution of Kings , vol. 1 Volume 4: Part I: The Magic Art and the Evolution of Kings , vol. 2 Volume 5: Part II: Taboo and the Perils of the Soul Volume 6: Part III: The Dying God Volume 7: Part IV: Adonis, Attis, Osiris , vol.1 Volume 8: Part IV: Adonis, Attis, Osiris , vol.2 Volume 9: Part V: Spirits of the Corn and of the Wild , vol.1 Volume 10: Part V: Spirits of the Corn and of the Wild , vol.2 Volume 11: Part VI: The Scapegoat Volume 12: Part VII: Balder the Beautiful , vol.1 Volume 13: Part VII: Balder the Beautiful , vol 2 Volume 14: Part VIII: Bibliography and Gener al Index Volume 15: Aftermath: Supplementary Volume
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