The Hero with a Thousand Faces (The Collected Works of Joseph Campbell)
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| Rating | : | 4.17 (760 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1577315936 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 432 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-07-11 |
| Language | : | English |
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He also explores the Cosmogonic Cycle, the mythic pattern of world creation and destruction.As part of the Joseph Campbell Foundation’s Collected Works of Joseph Campbell, this third edition features expanded illustrations, a comprehensive bibliography, and more accessible sidebars.As relevant today as when it was first published, The Hero with a Thousand Faces continues to find new audiences in fields ranging from religion and anthropology to literature and film studies. The book has also profoundly influenced creative artistsincluding authors, songwriters, game designers, and filmmakersand continues to inspire all those interested in the inherent human need to tell stories.. Since its release in 1949, The Hero with a Thousand Faces has influenced millions of readers by combining the insights of modern psychology with Joseph Campbell’s revolutionary understanding of comparative mythology. In these pages, Campbell outlines the Hero’s Journey, a universal motif of adventure and transformation that runs through virtually all of the world’s mythic traditi
I have returned to no other book more often since leaving college than this one, and every time I discover new insight into the human journey. Joseph Campbell peers through centuries and shows us that we are all connected by a basic need to hear stories and understand ourselves. As a book, it is wonderful to read; as illumination into the human condition, it is a revelation.” George LucasCampbell’s words carry extraordinary weight, not only among scholars but among a wide range of other people who find his se
"The great foundation-work of Campbell's monumental career." according to zencat. Along with Campbell's first major publication, The Masks Of God, this book is a very important foundation upon which then flourished his long and very successful scholarly career. It is a great cache of ancient lore unveiling the universal [and necessary] purposes . This CD set came to me PERFECT! Which says a lot for this kind of Artgrrrl This CD set came to me PERFECT! Which says a lot for this kind of media. :-)One thing to be heads up for future buyers of this marvelous book in audio form: I bought this to replacemy favorite tape set of the book----which has small excerpts of Joseph Campbell's ow. Must have for any serious writer/author This is an amazing book filled to the brim with information. If you are a writer, then this is a must have. The hardback is worth the price, effort, and wait time (hard backs do not, unfortunately arrive in your kindle or kindle app within a minute or two). It is d