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The Hero with a Thousand Faces - (Collected Works of Joseph Campbell) 3rd Edition by Joseph Campbell (Hardcover)

The Hero with a Thousand Faces - (Collected Works of Joseph Campbell) 3rd Edition by  Joseph Campbell (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>This newly redesigned edition of Campbell's seminal 1949 work combines the insights of modern psychology with the author's revolutionary understanding of comparative mythology. Illustrated.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Since its release in 1949, <i>The Hero with a Thousand Faces</i> 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. <p/>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. <p/>As relevant today as when it was first published, <i>The Hero with a Thousand Faces</i> 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.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"I have returned to no other book more often since leaving college than this one, and every time I discover new insight into the human journey. Every generation will find in <i>Hero</i> wisdom for the ages."<br>-- Bill Moyers <p/>"In the three decades since I discovered <i>The Hero with a Thousand Faces</i>, it has continued to fascinate and inspire me. Joseph Campbell peers through centuries and shows us that we are all connected by a basic need to hear stories and understand ourselves. As a book, it is wonderful to read; as illumination into the human condition, it is a revelation."<br>-- George Lucas <p/>"Campbell's words carry extraordinary weight, not only among scholars but among a wide range of other people who find his search down mythological pathways relevant to their lives today....The book for which he is most famous, <i>The Hero with a Thousand Faces</i> [is] a brilliant examination, through ancient hero myths, of man's eternal struggle for identity."<br>-- <i>Time</i> <p/>"In the long run, the most influential book of the twentieth century may turn out to be Joseph Campbell's <i>The Hero with a Thousand Faces</i>."<br>-- Christopher Vogler<br>

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