The myth and ritual school
Subtitle: J.G. Frazer and the Cambridge ritualists
By: Robert Ackerman.
Series: Theorists of myth; Theorists of myth (Routledge (Firm))
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 234
Subjects: Frazer, James George, Sir, 1854-1941 -- Influence.; Harrison, Jane Ellen, 1850-1928.; Myth and ritual school -- England -- Cambridge -- History.; Classical philology -- Study and teaching -- England -- Cambridge -- History.; Literature and anthropology -- England -- Cambridge -- History.; Mythology, Classical -- Historiography.; Ritual -- Historiography.; Cambridge (England) -- Intellectual life.
Description: "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 Frazer the sole influence on myth-ritualism - the Cambridge-based school of thought 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."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-230) and index.
Originally published: New York : Garland Pub., 1991.