The hero with a thousand faces / Joseph Campbell.

By:

Campbell, Joseph, 1904-1987 [aut]

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Series: Campbell, Joseph, Works ; | Bollingen series ; 17Publisher: Novato, Calif. New World Library, c2008Edition: 3rd edDescription: xiii, 418 p. ill. 22 cmISBN:

9781577315933
1577315936

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

201.3 22

LOC classification:

BL313

Other classification:

EC 5410
Cm.01

Contents:

Prologue: The monomyth -- pt. 1. The adventure of the hero -- Departure -- Initiation -- Return -- The keys -- pt. 2. The cosmogonic cycle -- Emanations -- The virgin birth -- Transformation of the hero -- Dissolutions -- Myth and society.

Summary: Since its release in 1949, The Hero With a Thousand Faces has influenced millions of readers by combining the insights of moden psychology with Joseph Campbells' revoutionary uderstanding 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 myhtic traditions. He also explores the Cosmogonic Cycle, the mythic pattern of world creation and destruction.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Book (loan)	Campus Karlshamn	200	Available		080041483661

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 363-382) and index.

Since its release in 1949, The Hero With a Thousand Faces has influenced millions of readers by combining the insights of moden psychology with Joseph Campbells' revoutionary uderstanding 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 myhtic traditions. He also explores the Cosmogonic Cycle, the mythic pattern of world creation and destruction.