The study of religion before 1860 -- Friedrich Max Muller : the annunciation of a new science -- Edward B. Tylor : the forging of an anthropological orthodoxy -- Andrew Lang : the antipositivist critique -- William Robertson Smith : a new departure -- James G. Frazer : the ortho…
"Wheeler-Barclay examines the lives and work of six scholars: Friedrich Max Muller, Edward B. Tylor, Andrew Lang, William Robertson Smith, James G. Frazer, and Jane Ellen Harrison. She illuminates their attempts to create a scholarly, non-apologetic study of religion and religio…
Joseph Campbell (1904-1987) forged an approach to the study of myth and legend that made ancient traditions and beliefs immediate, relevant, and universal. His teachings and literary works have shown that beneath the apparent themes of world mythology lie patterns that reveal wa…
Written by two of Campbell's preeminent students with exclusive access to his notes and journals, this fascinating biography illuminates the man whose work changed modern culture and gives a complete biographical view of Campbell's life and a personal perspective of who he was t…
