{"product_id":"the-golden-bough-a-study-in-magic-and-religion-12-vols","title":"The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion, James George Frazer, Third ed., 1936, Complete in 12 vols.","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW27633199 BCX8\"\u003ePublished in London by\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW27633199 BCX8\"\u003eMacmillan \u0026amp; Co 1936.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW27633199 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eJames George Frazer’s ‘The Golden Bough’ is a landmark work of social\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW27633199 BCX8\"\u003eanthropology\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW27633199 BCX8\"\u003e. Drawing on classical sources, ethnography, and folklore Frazer advanced a universalist theory of rit\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW27633199 BCX8\"\u003eual and myth, particularly the nexus between kingship,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW27633199 BCX8\"\u003esacrifice\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW27633199 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand fertility. The work has proved hugely influential, no\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW27633199 BCX8\"\u003et only in the fields of anthropology and ethnography, but also in many fields of art and literature (perhaps most notably in T.S. Eliot’s\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW27633199 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e‘The Wasteland’) The\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW27633199 BCX8\"\u003et\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW27633199 BCX8\"\u003ewelve volume Third Edition was a comprehensive extension of the three v\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW27633199 BCX8\"\u003eo\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW27633199 BCX8\"\u003elume second and sets out the vast canvas of Frazer\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW27633199 BCX8\"\u003e’s life’s work.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58048770277757,"sku":"1287855","price":495.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/9755\/7688\/files\/The_Golden_Bough_A_Study_of_Magic_and_Religion_488A1101.jpg?v=1776434693","url":"https:\/\/www.burford.co.uk\/products\/the-golden-bough-a-study-in-magic-and-religion-12-vols","provider":"Burford Garden Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}