[Gutenberg 3623] • The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion
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- Authors
- Frazer, James George
- Tags
- superstition , magic , philosophy , religion , history , classics , mythology
- Date
- 1890-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 0.93 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.