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  The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (Oxford World's Classics (Paperback)) (Paperback) By (author) Sir James George Frazer, Edited by Robert Fraser

  

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  Short Description for The Golden BoughA classic study of the beliefs and institutions of mankind, and the progress through magic and religion to scientific thought, The Golden Bough has a unique status in modern anthropology and literature. First published in 1890, The Golden Bough was eventually issued in a twelve-volume edition (1906-15) which was abridged in 1922 by the author and his wife. That abridgement has never been reconsid...
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  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • Published: 15 April 2009
  • Format: Paperback 912 pages
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  • Categories: Classics | Folklore, Myths & Legends | Anthropology | Magic, Spells & Alchemy | Comparative Religion
  • ISBN 13: 9780199538829 ISBN 10: 0199538824
  • Sales rank: 34,061

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• A classic study of the beliefs and institutions of mankind, and the progress through magic and religion to scientific thought, The Golden Bough has a unique status in modern anthropology and literature. First published in 1890, The Golden Bough was eventually issued in a twelve-volume edition (1906-15) which was abridged in 1922 by the author and his wife. That abridgement has never been reconsidered for a modern audience. In it some of the more controversial passages were dropped, including Frazer's daring speculations on the Crucifixion of Christ. For the first time this one-volume edition restores Frazer's bolder theories and sets them within the framework of a valuable introduction and notes. A seminal work of modern anthropolgy, The Golden Bough also influenced many twentieth-century writers, including D H Lawrence, T S Eliot, and Wyndham Lewis. Its discussion of magical types, the sacrificial killing of kings, the dying god, and the scapegoat is given fresh pertinence in this new edition.