The hero with a thousand faces. 17.
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 Campbells' revolutionary understanding of comparative mythology. In these pages, Campbell outlines the Hero's Journey, a universal motif o...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Novato, Calif. :
New World Library,
2008.
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| Edition: | 3rd ed. |
| Series: | Bollingen series.
Collected works of Joseph Campbell. |
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| Summary: | 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 Campbells' 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 traditions. He also explores the Cosmogonic Cycle, the mythic pattern of world creation and destruction. |
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| Physical Description: | xiii, 418 pages : illustrationpages |
| ISBN: | 1577315936 9781577315933 |