Golden Bough
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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In these dramas, The Golden Bough turns gothic.
From The Guardian • Apr. 30, 2017
Inspired by the vegetation ceremonies described in Sir James Frazer's Golden Bough, Eliot paints a sweeping portrait of the European zeitgeist, and that of London in particular after the first world war.
From The Guardian • Jul. 30, 2012
Ms. Stuart acted at the Golden Bough Theater and wrote for a weekly newspaper.
From New York Times • Sep. 27, 2010
The tribal-dancing choruses, shaking their amulets, mandalas and animal skins, are less out of Sophocles than The Golden Bough.
From Time Magazine Archive
You ought to see him when he's tracking some Norse legend to its lair, or clearing up a point left doubtful by Frazer in the Golden Bough.
From The House 'Round the Corner by Tracy, Louis
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