The myth and ritual school

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"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.

subjects: Classical Mythology,  Classical philology,  Historiography,  History,  Influence,  Intellectual life,  Literature and anthropology,  Myth and ritual school,  Ritual,  Study and teaching,  Frazer, james george, sir, 1854-1941,  Mythology, classical,  Great britain, intellectual life,  Écoles du mythe-rituel,  Histoire,  Philologie ancienne,  Étude et enseignement,  Littérature et anthropologie,  Mythologie ancienne,  Historiographie,  Rituel,  LITERARY CRITICISM,  Semiotics & Theory,  Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.),  Culturele antropologie

People: James George Frazer Sir (1854-1941),  Jane Ellen Harrison (1850-1928)

Places: Cambridge,  Cambridge (England),  England