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Record Nr.

UNINA9910820720903321

Autore

Frazer James George <1854-1941.>

Titolo

Selected letters of Sir J. G. Frazer / / edited by Robert Ackerman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, [England] ; ; New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2005

©2005

ISBN

0-19-187061-7

1-280-75670-5

0-19-151481-0

1-4294-2183-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (ix, 426 p.)

Classificazione

11.01

LB 27800 F848

Disciplina

201.3092

Soggetti

Mythologists

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Formerly CIP.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

General Introduction; I. BEFORE THE GOLDEN BOUGH, 1878-90. LETTERS; II. ANTHROPOLOGY AND THE CLASSICS, 1890-1900. LETTERS; III. THE THIRD EDITIOR, 1900-15. LETTERS; IV. AFTER THE GOLDEN BOUGH, 1916-31. LETTERS

Sommario/riassunto

This is a collection of selected letters by (and to) Sir J.G. Frazer, the anthropologist and historian of religion, and author of 'The Golden Bough'. It offers insight into British intellectual life at the turn of the century, and illuminates the composition and reception of 'The Golden Bough' itself.