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Sir James Frazer (1854-1941) is best remembered today for The
Golden Bough, widely considered to be one of the most important
early texts in the fields of psychology and anthropology.
Originally a classical scholar, Frazer also published this
five-volume edition of Ovid's Fasti in 1929. It contains the text
and a parallel English translation, with commentary on the six
books, indexes, illustrations, and plans. Frazer's interest in
Ovid's unfinished final poem arose from his wide-ranging studies of
ancient literature and the origins of myth. The work describes the
origins of the Roman calendar with its sacred, feast, and
remembrance days, and ranges from the deeds of major gods and
heroes to the strange rites involved in placating the goddess of
mildew. Volume 1 contains the text and translation of all six
books. Other works by Frazer are also reissued in the Cambridge
Library Collection.
Sir James Frazer (1854-1941) is best remembered today for The
Golden Bough, widely considered to be one of the most important
early texts in the fields of psychology and anthropology.
Originally a classical scholar, Frazer also published this
five-volume edition of Ovid's Fasti in 1929. It contains the text
and a parallel English translation, with commentary on the six
books, indexes, illustrations, and plans. Frazer's interest in
Ovid's unfinished final poem arose from his wide-ranging studies of
ancient literature and the origins of myth. The work describes the
origins of the Roman calendar with its sacred days, and ranges from
the deeds of major gods and heroes to the strange rites involved in
placating the goddess of mildew. Volume 2 contains Frazer's
commentary on Books I and II, dealing with the Roman months of
January and February. Other works by Frazer are also reissued in
the Cambridge Library Collection.
Sir James Frazer (1854-1941) is best remembered today for The
Golden Bough, widely considered to be one of the most important
early texts in the fields of psychology and anthropology.
Originally a classical scholar, Frazer also published this
five-volume edition of Ovid's Fasti in 1929. It contains the text
and a parallel English translation, with commentary on the six
books, indexes, illustrations, and plans. Frazer's interest in
Ovid's unfinished final poem arose from his wide-ranging studies of
ancient literature and the origins of myth. The work describes the
origins of the Roman calendar with its sacred days, and ranges from
the deeds of major gods and heroes to the strange rites involved in
placating the goddess of mildew. Volume 3 contains Frazer's
commentary on Books III and IV, dealing with the Roman months of
March and April. Other works by Frazer are also reissued in the
Cambridge Library Collection.
Sir James Frazer (1854-1941) is best remembered today for The
Golden Bough, widely considered to be one of the most important
early texts in the fields of psychology and anthropology.
Originally a classical scholar, Frazer also published this
five-volume edition of Ovid's Fasti in 1929. It contains the text
and a parallel English translation, with commentary on the six
books, indexes, illustrations, and plans. Frazer's interest in
Ovid's unfinished final poem arose from his wide-ranging studies of
ancient literature and the origins of myth. The work describes the
origins of the Roman calendar with its sacred days, and ranges from
the deeds of major gods and heroes to the strange rites involved in
placating the goddess of mildew. Volume 4 contains Frazer's
commentary on Books V and VI, dealing with the Roman months of May
and June. Other works by Frazer are also reissued in the Cambridge
Library Collection.
Sir James Frazer (1854-1941) is best remembered today for The
Golden Bough, widely considered to be one of the most important
early texts in the fields of psychology and anthropology.
Originally a classical scholar, Frazer also published this
five-volume edition of Ovid's Fasti in 1929. It contains the text
and a parallel English translation, with commentary on the six
books, indexes, illustrations, and plans. Frazer's interest in
Ovid's unfinished final poem arose from his wide-ranging studies of
ancient literature and the origins of myth. The work describes the
origins of the Roman calendar with its sacred days, and ranges from
the deeds of major gods and heroes to the strange rites involved in
placating the goddess of mildew. Volume 5 contains indexes to the
translation and commentary, 88 plates, and maps of Rome. Other
works by Frazer are also reissued in the Cambridge Library
Collection.
The Scottish social anthropologist Sir James Frazer (1854 1941)
first published The Golden Bough in 1890. A seminal two-volume work
(reissued in the Cambridge Library Collection), it revolutionised
the study of ancient religion through comparative analysis of
mythology, rituals and superstitions around the world. Following
the completion in 1915 of the revised twelve-volume third edition
(also available in this series), Frazer found that he had more to
say and further evidence to present. Published in 1936, Aftermath
was conceived as a supplement to The Golden Bough, offering his
additional findings on such topics as magic, royal and priestly
taboos, sacrifice, reincarnation, and all manner of supernatural
beliefs spanning cultures, continents and millennia. Sealing
Frazer's profound contribution to the study of religion and
folklore, this work remains an important text for scholars of
anthropology and the history of ideas.
Sir James Frazer (1854 1941) is best remembered for his monumental
study of ancient religion, The Golden Bough (of which the first and
third editions are both reissued in this series). He also produced
a translation of and commentary on the Description of Greece of
Pausanias, the second-century CE traveller and antiquarian, and the
first piece in this 1900 compilation of Frazer's 'sketches' is the
introductory essay to that work. Short descriptions then follow of
the present-day appearance of over ninety places visited by
Pausanias, and the work ends with an essay on Pericles and the
effect of the period of his rule on the art and architecture of
Athens. This fascinating work is imbued with Frazer's enthusiasm
for, and knowledge of, the topography of ancient Greece, and will
be of interest not only to scholars but also to visitors to the
country.
Sir James Frazer (1854 1941) is best remembered today for The
Golden Bough, widely considered to be one of the most important
early texts in the fields of psychology and anthropology.
Originally a classical scholar, whose entire working life was spent
at Trinity College, Cambridge, Frazer also produced this
translation of and commentary on the works of Pausanias, the
second-century CE traveller and antiquarian whose many references
to myths and legends provided him with material for his great study
of religion. The six-volume work was published in 1898, after the
first edition of The Golden Bough (also reissued in this series),
and while Frazer was working on material for the second. Volume 2
is a detailed commentary on Pausanias' Book I, on Attica, using
both the experience of Frazer's own travels in Greece and the
reports of other antiquarians and archaeologists.
Sir James Frazer (1854 1941) is best remembered today for The
Golden Bough, widely considered to be one of the most important
early texts in the fields of psychology and anthropology.
Originally a classical scholar, whose entire working life was spent
at Trinity College, Cambridge, Frazer also produced this
translation of and commentary on the works of Pausanias, the
second-century CE traveller and antiquarian whose many references
to myths and legends provided him with material for his great study
of religion. The six-volume work was published in 1898, after the
first edition of The Golden Bough (also reissued in this series),
and while Frazer was working on material for the second. Volume 1
contains a preface, in which Frazer states his intention to provide
'a faithful and idiomatic rendering of Pausanias', his translation
of the entire work, and notes on the text.
Sir James Frazer (1854 1941) is best remembered today for The
Golden Bough, widely considered to be one of the most important
early texts in the fields of psychology and anthropology.
Originally a classical scholar, whose entire working life was spent
at Trinity College, Cambridge, Frazer also produced this
translation of and commentary on the works of Pausanias, the
second-century CE traveller and antiquarian whose many references
to myths and legends provided him with material for his great study
of religion. The six-volume work was published in 1898, after the
first edition of The Golden Bough (also reissued in this series),
and while Frazer was working on material for the second. Volume 3
is a detailed commentary on Pausanias' Books II V, on Corinth,
Laconia, Messenia and Elis, using both the experience of Frazer's
own travels in Greece and the reports of other antiquarians and
archaeologists.
Sir James Frazer (1854 1941) is best remembered today for The
Golden Bough, widely considered to be one of the most important
early texts in the fields of psychology and anthropology.
Originally a classical scholar, whose entire working life was spent
at Trinity College, Cambridge, Frazer also produced this
translation of and commentary on the works of Pausanias, the
second-century CE traveller and antiquarian whose many references
to myths and legends provided Frazer with material for his great
study of religion. The six-volume work was published in 1898, after
the first edition of The Golden Bough (also reissued in this
series), and while Frazer was working on material for the second.
Volume 4 is a detailed commentary on Pausanias' Books VI VIII, on
Elis, Achaia and Arcadia, using both the experience of Frazer's own
travels in Greece and the reports of other antiquarians and
archaeologists.
Sir James Frazer (1854 1941) is best remembered today for The
Golden Bough, widely considered to be one of the most important
early texts in the fields of psychology and anthropology.
Originally a classical scholar, whose entire working life was spent
at Trinity College, Cambridge, Frazer also produced this
translation of and commentary on the works of Pausanias, the
second-century CE traveller and antiquarian whose many references
to myths and legends provided Frazer with material for his great
study of religion. The six-volume work was published in 1898, after
the first edition of The Golden Bough (also reissued in this
series), and while Frazer was working on material for the second.
Volume 5 is a detailed commentary on Pausanias' Books IX X, on
Boeotia and Phocis, using both the experience of Frazer's own
travels in Greece and the reports of other antiquarians and
archaeologists.
Sir James Frazer (1854 1941) is best remembered today for The
Golden Bough, widely considered to be one of the most important
early texts in the fields of psychology and anthropology.
Originally a classical scholar, whose entire working life was spent
at Trinity College, Cambridge, Frazer also produced this
translation of and commentary on the works of Pausanias, the
second-century CE traveller and antiquarian whose many references
to myths and legends provided Frazer with material for his great
study of religion. The six-volume work was published in 1898, after
the first edition of The Golden Bough (also reissued in this
series), and while Frazer was working on material for the second.
Volume 6 contains indices to the translation and commentary, and
maps of each of the districts discussed, which are reproduced in
black-and-white, but can be viewed in colour using the 'Resources'
button at http: www.cambridge.org/9781108047289
This work by Sir James Frazer (1854-1941) is widely considered to
be one of the most important early texts in the fields of
psychology and anthropology. At the same time, by applying modern
methods of comparative ethnography to the classical world, and
revealing the superstition and irrationality beneath the surface of
the classical culture which had for so long been a model for
Western civilisation, it was extremely controversial. Frazer was
greatly influenced by E. B. Tylor's Primitive Culture (also
reissued in this series), and by the work of the biblical scholar
William Robertson Smith, to whom the first edition is dedicated.
The twelve-volume third edition, reissued here, was greatly revised
and enlarged, and published between 1911 and 1915; the two-volume
first edition (1890) is also available in this series. Volume 1
(1911) explores the belief that kings could harness Nature.
This work by Sir James Frazer (1854-1941) is widely considered to
be one of the most important early texts in the fields of
psychology and anthropology. At the same time, by applying modern
methods of comparative ethnography to the classical world, and
revealing the superstition and irrationality beneath the surface of
the classical culture which had for so long been a model for
Western civilisation, it was extremely controversial. Frazer was
greatly influenced by E. B. Tylor's Primitive Culture (also
reissued in this series), and by the work of the biblical scholar
William Robertson Smith, to whom the first edition is dedicated.
The twelve-volume third edition, reissued here, was greatly revised
and enlarged, and published between 1911 and 1915; the two-volume
first edition (1890) is also available in this series. Volume 2
(1911) explores different types of vegetation worship and the roles
of gods.
This work by Sir James Frazer (1854-1941) is widely considered to
be one of the most important early texts in the fields of
psychology and anthropology. At the same time, by applying modern
methods of comparative ethnography to the classical world, and
revealing the superstition and irrationality beneath the surface of
the classical culture which had for so long been a model for
Western civilisation, it was extremely controversial. Frazer was
greatly influenced by E. B. Tylor's Primitive Culture (also
reissued in this series), and by the work of the biblical scholar
William Robertson Smith, to whom the first edition is dedicated.
The twelve-volume third edition, reissued here, was greatly revised
and enlarged, and published between 1911 and 1915; the two-volume
first edition (1890) is also available in this series. Volume 3
(1911) is concerned with the concept of taboo, and its presence in
all religious systems.
This work by Sir James Frazer (1854-1941) is widely considered to
be one of the most important early texts in the fields of
psychology and anthropology. At the same time, by applying modern
methods of comparative ethnography to the classical world, and
revealing the superstition and irrationality beneath the surface of
the classical culture which had for so long been a model for
Western civilisation, it was extremely controversial. Frazer was
greatly influenced by E. B. Tylor's Primitive Culture (also
reissued in this series), and by the work of the biblical scholar
William Robertson Smith, to whom the first edition is dedicated.
The twelve-volume third edition, reissued here, was greatly revised
and enlarged, and published between 1911 and 1915; the two-volume
first edition (1890) is also available in this series. Volume 5
(1914) considers the oriental roots of the Greek myths of Adonis
and Attis.
This work by Sir James Frazer (1854-1941) is widely considered to
be one of the most important early texts in the fields of
psychology and anthropology. At the same time, by applying modern
methods of comparative ethnography to the classical world, and
revealing the superstition and irrationality beneath the surface of
the classical culture which had for so long been a model for
Western civilisation, it was extremely controversial. Frazer was
greatly influenced by E. B. Tylor's Primitive Culture (also
reissued in this series), and by the work of the biblical scholar
William Robertson Smith, to whom the first edition is dedicated.
The twelve-volume third edition, reissued here, was greatly revised
and enlarged, and published between 1911 and 1915; the two-volume
first edition (1890) is also available in this series. Volume 6
(1914) examines the Egyptian myth of Osiris.
This work by Sir James Frazer (1854-1941) is widely considered to
be one of the most important early texts in the fields of
psychology and anthropology. At the same time, by applying modern
methods of comparative ethnography to the classical world, and
revealing the superstition and irrationality beneath the surface of
the classical culture which had for so long been a model for
Western civilisation, it was extremely controversial. Frazer was
greatly influenced by E. B. Tylor's Primitive Culture (also
reissued in this series), and by the work of the biblical scholar
William Robertson Smith, to whom the first edition is dedicated.
The twelve-volume third edition, reissued here, was greatly revised
and enlarged, and published between 1911 and 1915; the two-volume
first edition (1890) is also available in this series. Volumes 7
and 8 (1912) discuss the relationship of human sacrifice to the
fertility of crops.
This work by Sir James Frazer (1854-1941) is widely considered to
be one of the most important early texts in the fields of
psychology and anthropology. At the same time, by applying modern
methods of comparative ethnography to the classical world, and
revealing the superstition and irrationality beneath the surface of
the classical culture which had for so long been a model for
Western civilisation, it was extremely controversial. Frazer was
greatly influenced by E. B. Tylor's Primitive Culture (also
reissued in this series), and by the work of the biblical scholar
William Robertson Smith, to whom the first edition is dedicated.
The twelve-volume third edition, reissued here, was greatly revised
and enlarged, and published between 1911 and 1915; the two-volume
first edition (1890) is also available in this series. Volume 9
(1913) considers the role of the scapegoat in maintaining the
stability of the community.
This work by Sir James Frazer (1854-1941) is widely considered to
be one of the most important early texts in the fields of
psychology and anthropology. At the same time, by applying modern
methods of comparative ethnography to the classical world, and
revealing the superstition and irrationality beneath the surface of
the classical culture which had for so long been a model for
Western civilisation, it was extremely controversial. Frazer was
greatly influenced by E. B. Tylor's Primitive Culture (also
reissued in this series), and by the work of the biblical scholar
William Robertson Smith, to whom the first edition is dedicated.
The twelve-volume third edition, reissued here, was greatly revised
and enlarged, and published between 1911 and 1915; the two-volume
first edition (1890) is also available in this series. Volumes 10
and 11 (1913) continue to examine taboo behaviour, and consider the
role of sunlight and firelight in ritual.
This work by Sir James Frazer (1854-1941) is widely considered to
be one of the most important early texts in the fields of
psychology and anthropology. At the same time, by applying modern
methods of comparative ethnography to the classical world, and
revealing the superstition and irrationality beneath the surface of
the classical culture which had for so long been a model for
Western civilisation, it was extremely controversial. Frazer was
greatly influenced by E. B. Tylor's Primitive Culture (also
reissued in this series), and by the work of the biblical scholar
William Robertson Smith, to whom the first edition is dedicated.
The twelve-volume third edition, reissued here, was greatly revised
and enlarged, and published between 1911 and 1915; the two-volume
first edition (1890) is also available in this series. Volumes 10
and 11 (1913) continue to examine taboo behaviour, and consider the
role of sunlight and firelight in ritual.
This work by Sir James Frazer (1854-1941) is widely considered to
be one of the most important early texts in the fields of
psychology and anthropology. At the same time, by applying modern
methods of comparative ethnography to the classical world, and
revealing the superstition and irrationality beneath the surface of
the classical culture which had for so long been a model for
Western civilisation, it was extremely controversial. Frazer was
greatly influenced by E. B. Tylor's Primitive Culture (also
reissued in this series), and by the work of the biblical scholar
William Robertson Smith, to whom the first edition is dedicated.
The twelve-volume third edition, reissued here, was greatly revised
and enlarged, and published between 1911 and 1915; the two-volume
first edition (1890) is also available in this series. Volume 12
(1915) provides a bibliography and general index to the entire
third edition.
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