James George Frazer
Birth date: January 01, 1854
Died: May 07, 1941
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When four friends take a holiday at a remote Scottish cottage, the accidental death of a stag causes something dark to stir within it's walls. Something that reaches out from the past, driving one of them to the edges of alcoholism and insanity.His past sins are the catalyst.....but there are older ...
Note: This is Book 2 and it can be read on its own if you check out the author’s notes about Book 1 but it works best if you have read Book 1. There is quite a bit going on in this book. I finished it and I felt heavy with my new understanding of this little slice of time in colonial America. This i...
AcknowledgementsIntroductionNote on the TextSelect BibliographyA Chronology of Sir James George Frazer--The Golden Bough [Abridged]Explanatory NotesIndex
The Foreword compares Frazer and Golden Bough in its impact to such revolutionary thinkers of the 19th Century as Darwin, Marx, and Freud. This seminal work of anthropology and comparative religion first published in 1890 was in fact a great influence on Freud and Jung as well as T.S. Eliot and Yeat...
A modern day classic to be sure and it certainly makes for an interesting read. Although I did find my wavering a bit towards the end and found myself dipping in and out of the book, its content did keep me coming back for more. A lot of his work has since been disproved over the years, but there's...