The Hero with a Thousand Faces (Bollingen Series)

The Hero with a Thousand Faces (Bollingen Series)
by Joseph Campbell

The Hero with a Thousand Faces (Bollingen Series)
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Author: Joseph Campbell
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2008-07-28
ISBN: 1577315936
Number of pages: 440
Publisher: New World Library

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Book Review: Classic Study for Writers
Summary: 5 Stars

Joseph Campbell's great books have been read and reviewed many times. His writings are timeless and need to be read and read again, for a person's own insight changes as they mature in thought and practice. This book is also a suburb example of excellent descriptive writing. When purchased as a CD, you have the extreme pleasure of hearing Joseph Campbell's ability to describe in profound detail - mastered by a skillful writer.

Summary of The Hero with a Thousand Faces (Bollingen Series)

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 traditions. 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 artists-including authors, songwriters, game designers, and filmmakers-and continues to inspire all those interested in the inherent human need to tell stories.

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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