The Hero with a Thousand Faces
by Joseph Campbell, Ralph Blum
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Author: Joseph Campbell, Ralph BlumEdition: Audio Cassette
Audio: English (Published)
Format: Abridged, Audiobook, Bargain Price
Published: 1995-03-15
ISBN: N/A
Publisher: Macmillan Audio
Book Reviews of The Hero with a Thousand Faces
Book Review: not bad
Summary: 3 Stars
its an idea that our stories arnt new, that they come from old dreams. He explores commonality between these stories. Its pretty good and you can see its influence in most films. Its like a psychoanalytic exploration into story. If you are a film maker writer you need it in your vocabulary. How to use it is a different matter. On one hand its important to be aware of things, to be enlightened. On the other we break things down too much to find the original truth, as in language where you are trying to find that transcendental meaning, which does not exist, as in truth can never be one thing it is always dependent on some other meaning.
It is an interesting read.
Summary of The Hero with a Thousand Faces
A study of heroism in the myths of the world - an exploration of all the elements common to the great stories that have helped people make sense of their lives from the earliest times. It takes in Greek Apollo, Maori and Jewish rites, the Buddha, Wotan, and the bothers Grimm's Frog-King.Originally written by Campbell in the '40s-- in his pre-Bill Moyers days -- and famous as George Lucas' inspiration for "Star Wars," this book will likewise inspire any writer or reader in its well considered assertion that while all stories have already been told, this is *not* a bad thing, since the *retelling* is still necessary. And while our own life's journey must always be ended alone, the travel is undertaken in the company not only of immediate loved ones and primal passion, but of the heroes and heroines -- and myth-cycles -- that have preceded us.
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