The enduring importance of his book " The Golden Bough" keeps J.G. Frazer's name prominent on the list of the most significant figures in modern religious studies. But by no means was Fraser the sole influence on the Cambridge-based school of thought-- myth-ritualism-- most often associated with him. In this intellectual history of the fellowship of scholars to which Frazer belonged, Robert Ackerman expands our acquaintance with the myth and ritual school to include Jane Harrison, Gilbert Murray, F.M. Cornford, and A.B. Cook, all of whom were instrumental in connecting the lines of thought in myth theory, classics, and anthropology that had begun to converge at the turn of the last century. Ackerman's examination of the chief works of each member of the Cambridge group illuminates their primary interests in Greek myth, ritual, and religion and traces the threads of their arguments through the group's writings on the origins of tragedy, comedy, philosophy, art, and sport. In the book's final chapter Ackerman explores the application of myth-ritualist thought to a variety of post-classical literature.
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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..
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The interest in myth among the philosophes and the Scottish philosophical historians of the eighteenth century derived from their attitude toward the past. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Jane Harrison, The Golden Bough, Cambridge Ritualists, William Robertson Smith, First World War, Andrew Lang, New Comedy, Gilbert Murray, Four Stages, Near East, Northrop Frye, The Birth of Tragedy, The Religion of the Semites, Arthur Pickard-Cambridge, Francis Cornford, History of Ancient Greek Literature, The Origin of Species, The Rise of the Greek Epic, Classical Review, Encyclopaedia Britannica, French Revolution, Hebrew Bible, Old Testament, Thucydides Mythistoricus New!
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Jane Harrison, The Golden Bough, Cambridge Ritualists, William Robertson Smith, First World War, Andrew Lang, New Comedy, Gilbert Murray, Four Stages, Near East, Northrop Frye, The Birth of Tragedy, The Religion of the Semites, Arthur Pickard-Cambridge, Francis Cornford, History of Ancient Greek Literature, The Origin of Species, The Rise of the Greek Epic, Classical Review, Encyclopaedia Britannica, French Revolution, Hebrew Bible, Old Testament, Thucydides Mythistoricus New!
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- The Origin of Attic Comedy (Ann Arbor Paperbacks) by Francis Macdonald Cornford on 8 pages
- From Religion to Philosophy by Francis MacDonald Cornford on 7 pages
- Ancient Art and Ritual by Jane Ellen Harrison on 7 pages
- History of Ancient Greek Literature by G. Murray on 6 pages
- Euripides and His Age. by Gilbert Murray on 6 pages
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- The Myth and Ritual Theory: An Anthology (Blackwell Readings in Modern Theology) by Robert A. Segal on 10 pages
- Aesthetics and Analysis in Writing on Religion: Modern Fascinations by Daniel Gold on 8 pages
- Northrop Frye on Myth (Theorists of Myth) by Ford Russell in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Culture of Classicism: Ancient Greece and Rome in American Intellectual Life, 1780-1910 by Caroline Winterer in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Culture of Classicism: Ancient Greece and Rome in American Intellectual Life, 1780-1910 by Caroline Winterer in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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