The Golden Bough · A Study in Magic and Religion (Oxford World's Classics) (Abridged)
- Authors
- Frazer, James George
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Tags
- mythology , reference , comparative religion , history , retail , classics , religion , philosophy
- Date
- 1890-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 2.09 MB
- Lang
- en
How is this book unique?
Font adjustments in three volumes in 1900; the third edition, published 1906–15, comprised twelve volumes. The work was aimed at a wide literate audience raised on tales as told in such publications as Thomas Bulfinch's The Age of Fable, or Stories of Gods and Heroes (1855). Frazer offered a modernist approach to discussing religion, treating it dispassionately as a cultural phenomenon rather than from a theological perspective. The influence of The Golden Bough on contemporary European literature and thought was substantial.