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The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion: A New Abridgement from the Second and Third Editions

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The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion: A New Abridgement from the Second and Third Editions - Frazer, James George, Sir, and Fraser, Robert (Editor)
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First published in 1890, The Golden Bough is a seminal work of modern anthropology. A classic study of the beliefs and institutions of mankind that traces the development and confluence of thought from magic and ritual to modern scientific theory, it has been a source of great influence upon such diverse writers as T.S. Eliot, Wyndham Lewis, and D.H. Lawrence. This edition restores many of the controversial passages expurgated in the 1922 edition that elucidate Frazer's bolder theories, and sets them within the framework ...

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The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion: A New Abridgement from the Second and Third Editions 1998, Oxford University Press, USA, Oxford, England

ISBN-13: 9780192835413

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