THE GOLDEN BOUGH

Sinopsis de THE GOLDEN BOUGH

James Frazer’s monumental study of world mythology and folklore has been a classic work for over a century, highlighting the parallels between the rites and beliefs, superstitions and taboos of early cultures and those of Christianity. His most famous work, Frazer theorized that human belief progressed through three stages: primitive magic, then religion, which was in turn replaced by science. The Golden Bough Its literary impact has given it continued life: William Butler Yeats makes reference to it in his poem, "Sailing to Byzantium". H. P. Lovecraft mentions the book in his short story "The Call of Cthulhu". T. S. Eliot acknowledged indebtedness to Frazer in his first note to his poem The Waste Land. The Golden Bough attempts to define the shared elements of religious belief and scientific thought, discussing fertility rites, human sacrifice, and many other symbols and practices whose influence has extended into our twenty-first century culture. The Golden Bough SIR JAMES GEORGE FRAZER