The Myth and Ritual School: J.G. Frazer and the Cambridge Ritualists (Garland Reference Library of the Humanities) - Hardcover

Ackerman, Robert

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0824062493 ISBN 13: 9780824062491

Publisher: Taylor & Francis, 1991

Synopsis

A study of a group of classical scholars at Cambridge U. who, about the turn of the century, developed a theory that drama and other literary works evolved from fertility rituals worshiping a dying-reborn diety, as presented in Fraser's Golden bough . The unfortunate choice of typestyle makes the text difficult to read. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

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Review

"Providing a ddetailed oultine of their [the Cambridge Ritualists'] work as well as a concise summary of the history of myth interpretation, the book will appeal to anthropologists, historians, and classicists interested in an early attempt at cross-disciplinary hybridization.."
-Religious Studies Review

Synopsis

A study of a group of classical scholars at Cambridge U. who, about the turn of the century, developed a theory that drama and other literary works evolved from fertility rituals worshiping a dying-reborn diety, as presented in Fraser's Golden bough . The unfortunate choice of typestyle makes the text difficult to read. Annotation copyright Book Ne

Edition details

• Publisher: Taylor & Francis
• Publication date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0824062493
• ISBN 13: 9780824062491
• Binding: Hardcover