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The Hero with a Thousand Faces
Joseph Campbell
Paper | 1972 | This book is out of print | ISBN: 0-691-01784-0
464 pp.
Publishing rights to The Hero with a Thousand Faces have reverted to The Joseph Campbell Foundation. For further information, we recommend that you contact the Foundation directly at 800-330-MYTH or write: Joseph Campbell Foundation, Post Office Box 36, San Anselmo, CA 94979-0036
Joseph Campbell's classic cross-cultural study of the hero's journey has inspired millions and opened up new areas of research and exploration. Originally published in 1949, the book hit the New York Times best-seller list in 1988 when it became the subject of The Power of Myth, a PBS television special.
The first popular work to combine the spiritual and psychological insights of modern psychoanalysis with the archetypes of world mythology, the book creates a roadmap for navigating the frustrating path of contemporary life. Examining heroic myths in the light of modern psychology, it considers not only the patterns and stages of mythology but also its relevance to our lives today--and to the life of any person seeking a fully realized existence.
Myth, according to Campbell, is the projection of a culture's dreams onto a large screen; Campbell's book, like Star Wars, the film it helped inspire, is an exploration of the big-picture moments from the stage that is our world. It is a must-have resource for both experienced students of mythology and the explorer just beginning to approach myth as a source of knowledge.
Joseph Campbell (1904-1987) was an inspiring teacher, popular lecturer and author, and the editor and translator of many books on mythology, including The Mythic Image (Princeton/Bollingen Paperbacks).
Other Princeton books by Joseph Campbell:
- Papers from the Eranos Yearbooks.: Eranos 1. Spirit and Nature.
- Papers from the Eranos Yearbooks.: Eranos 2. The Mysteries.
- Papers from the Eranos Yearbooks.: Eranos 4. Spiritual Disciplines.
- Papers from the Eranos Yearbooks.: Eranos 6. The Mystic Vision.
- The King and the Corpse: Tales of the Soul's Conquest of Evil.
- The Mythic Image.
- Myths and Symbols in Indian Art and Civilization.
- Philosophies of India.
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