The Hero's Journey: Joseph Campbell on His Life and Work

The Hero's Journey: Joseph Campbell on His Life and Work
ISBN-10
1577314042
ISBN-13
9781577314042
Series
The Hero's Journey
Category
Biography & Autobiography
Pages
249
Language
English
Published
2003
Publisher
New World Library
Author
Joseph Campbell

Description

Joseph Campbell, arguably the greatest mythologist of our time, was certainly one of our greatest storytellers. This new cloth edition of The Hero's Journey, published to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Campbell's birth, recounts his own quest and conveys the excitement of his lifelong exploration of our mythic traditions, what he called "the one great story of mankind."

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