Prolegomena to the Study of Greek Religion
Synopsis
Jane Harrison examines the festivals of ancient Greek religion to identify the primitive "substratum" of ritual and its persistence in the realm of classical religious observance and literature. In Harrison's preface to this remarkable book, she writes that J. G. Frazer's work had become part and parcel of her "mental furniture" and that of others studying primitive religion. Today, those who write on ancient myth or ritual are bound to say the same about Harrison. Her essential ideas, best developed and most clearly put in the Prolegomena, have never been eclipsed.Book details
- Edition:
- 3
- Series:
- Mythos: The Princeton/Bollingen Series in World Mythology (Book 142)
- Author:
- Jane Ellen Harrison
- ISBN:
- 9780691227467
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780691015149
- Publisher:
- Princeton University Press
- Pages:
- 720
- Reading age:
- Not specified
- Includes images:
- Yes
- Date of addition:
- 2021-03-09
- Usage restrictions:
- Copyright
- Copyright date:
- 1991
- Copyright by:
- Princeton University Press
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Categories:
- History, Nonfiction, Religion and Spirituality