James George Frazer
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| - | {{Template}}Sir '''James George Frazer''' ([[January 1]], [[1854]], [[Glasgow]], [[Scotland]] – [[May 7]], [[1941]]), was a [[Scotland|Scottish]] [[social anthropologist]] influential in the early stages of the modern studies of [[mythology]] and [[comparative religion]], best-known for ''[[The Golden Bough]]''. | + | {{Template}} |
| + | :"The symbolic [[cycle]] of life, [[death]] and [[rebirth]] which [[James George Frazer]] divined behind myths of all pedigrees captivated a whole generation of artists and poets. Perhaps the most notable product of this fascination is [[T. S. Eliot]]'s ''[[The Waste Land]]''. More recently it was an influence on the ending of [[Francis Ford Coppola]]'s ''[[Apocalypse Now]]'' (a copy of ''[[The Golden Bough]]'' figures in one of the final shots of the film)." --S. Stein | ||
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| + | Sir '''James George Frazer''' ([[January 1]], [[1854]], [[Glasgow]], [[Scotland]] – [[May 7]], [[1941]]), was a [[Scotland|Scottish]] [[social anthropologist]] influential in the early stages of the modern studies of [[comparative mythology]] and [[comparative religion]], best-known for ''[[The Golden Bough]]''. | ||
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- "The symbolic cycle of life, death and rebirth which James George Frazer divined behind myths of all pedigrees captivated a whole generation of artists and poets. Perhaps the most notable product of this fascination is T. S. Eliot's The Waste Land. More recently it was an influence on the ending of Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now (a copy of The Golden Bough figures in one of the final shots of the film)." --S. Stein
Sir James George Frazer (January 1, 1854, Glasgow, Scotland – May 7, 1941), was a Scottish social anthropologist influential in the early stages of the modern studies of comparative mythology and comparative religion, best-known for The Golden Bough.
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