The work of Sir James G. Frazer (1854-1941) ranged widely across classics, cultural history, folklore and literary criticism as well as anthropology. This is a reprint of his most famous book.
WHO does not know Turners picture of the Golden Bough?
This definitive volume includes the unabridged original 1890 edition as well as several essays and lectures by Frazer. ‘Frazer’s work has epic scale yet mesmerizing fineness of detail.
This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature.
This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature.
Reproduction of the original: A Study in Magic and Religion by J.G Frazer
An epigram recorded by the important intellectual Patriarch Photius I of Constantinople expressed its purpose:It has the following not ungraceful epigram: 'Draw your knowledge of the past from me and read the ancient tales of learned lore.
Reproduction of the original: The Belief in Inmortality and the Worship of the Dead by J.G Frazer