Myths to Live by - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Joseph Campbell, Johnson E. Fairchild (Foreword by)Series:CompassAudience:Young AdultPublish date:1993-02-01Pages:288
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin BooksISBN-13:9780140194616ISBN-10:140194614UPC:9780140194616Book Category:Social Science, Philosophy, Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:Folklore & Mythology, History & Surveys, Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & MythologySize:8.45 x 5.51 x 0.56 inchesWeight:0.5313Product ID:SCD8WM752J
Myths to Live by
"Myths, according to Freud's view, are of the psychological order of dream. Myths, so to say, are public dreams; dreams are private myths. " "There is no one quite like Joseph Campbell. He knows the vast sweep of man's panoramic past as few men have evern known it." -The Village Voice What is a properly functioning mythology and what are its functions? Can we use myths to help relieve our modern...
Series: Compass
Audience: Young Adult
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin BooksISBN-13:9780140194616ISBN-10:140194614UPC:9780140194616Book Category:Social Science, Philosophy, Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:Folklore & Mythology, History & Surveys, Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & MythologySize:8.45 x 5.51 x 0.56 inchesWeight:0.5313Product ID:SCD8WM752J
Joseph Campbell was interested in mythology since his childhood in New York. He earned his B.A. and M.A. degrees at Columbia in 1925 and 1927 and went on to study medieval French and Sanskrit at the universities of Paris and Munich. After a period in California, he taught at the Canterbury School, then, in 1934, joined the literature department at Sarah Lawrence College, a post he retained for...
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