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The Hero with a Thousand Faces (Bollingen Series)

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Author: Joseph Campbell
Publisher: New World Library
Category: Book

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Media: Hardcover
Edition: Third
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Pages: 440
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Dimensions (in): 8.6 x 5.9 x 1.5

ISBN: 1577315936
Dewey Decimal Number: 201.3
EAN: 9781577315933
ASIN: 1577315936

Publication Date: July 28, 2008
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Amazon.com Review
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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DIVSince its release in 1949, IThe Hero with a Thousand Faces/I has influenced millions of readers by combining the insights of modern psychology with Joseph Campbell#8217;s revolutionary understanding of comparative mythology. In these pages, Campbell outlines the Hero#8217;s Journey, a universal motif of adventure and transformation that runs through virtually all of the world#8217;s mythic traditions. He also explores the Cosmogonic Cycle, the mythic pattern of world creation and destruction.BRBRAs part of the Joseph Campbell Foundation#8217;s Collected Works of Joseph Campbell, this third edition features expanded illustrations, a comprehensive bibliography, and more accessible sidebars.BRBRAs relevant today as when it was first published, IThe 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#8212;including authors, songwriters, game designers, and filmmakers#8212;and continues to inspire all those interested in the inherent human need to tell stories./DIV

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5 out of 5 stars

A Jungian Classic January 8, 2009
This was Campbell's first great book, published in 1949 (the same year, coincidentally, as Jean Gebser's "Ever Present Origin," Mircea Eliade's "Myth of the Eternal Return" and Erich Neumann's "Origins and History of Consciousness"). br /br /Campbell had already edited Heinrich Zimmer's "The King and the Corpse," a book which now reads in retrospect like a rehearsal for "Hero," since in that book Zimmer recounts a series of myths from Indian and Arthurian and Arabic lore. But whereas in this book Zimmer recounts whole myths, the main problem with the "Hero" is that it cuts the myths up into bits and pieces so that the reader is only rarely ever treated to an entire story.br /br /Indeed, Campbell in this book is writing what he thinks is the one great story, the "monomyth," as he calls it, borrowing from Joyce, in which the great hero saves civilization by departing from it, journeying into the forest in order to contact and integrate the abyssal energies of nature and the supernatural and then to return to the society in order to reinvigorate it. It is difficult to believe, however, that every myth on the entire planet neatly fits into this schema; one senses, rather, that Campbell is really only talking about a particular kind of myth here, the myth of the dragon slaying warrior hero, the callow, naive young man who learns how to fight from the instructions of an old master and then sets off to slay monsters. This myth fits the myth of the solar hero from Buddha to Parzival, but one suspects here the projecting of linear thought structures from the rational consciousness structure of the Western mind onto the ancient stories from around the world.br /br /"The Hero" is, despite its flaws, a great book, and it makes for especially good reading as an introduction to Campbell's work. It is probably the easiest to read of all his works and makes the fewest demands on the reader. It is the master text from which the entire myth movement in Hollywood emerged beginning in the late 1960s, and it is still spawning Hollywood special effects monstrosities. It is difficult, now, to imagine American culture without it. br /br /It is an intensely Jungian work, however, born out of the desire to find common archetypes in all the world's mythic traditions and no sooner was it written than Campbell realized his mistake and attempted to counter it with the writing of "The Masks of God," a book dedicated to the differences between the world's great religious traditions. "The Masks of God," though four volumes, should be read together with "The Hero" for a more balanced view of the role of myth.br /br /SEE MY LECTURE ON CAMPBELL ON YOU TUBEbr /br /--John David Ebert, author of Celluloid Heroes Mechanical Dragons: Film as the Mythology of Electronic Society br /br /

4 out of 5 stars

it's all been done before, or, life's rich pageant December 16, 2008
Campbell takes us through the tragedies, comedies, adventures and redemption that form a common thread through human stories. The archetypes have universal patterns to their struggles, and I began to see a reflection of the paths of Odysseus or Buddha or Jesus in my own life.br /br /Every life is a hero's journey, or can be if we choose to see it that way.br /br /However, while Campbell is obviously deep and brilliant, he can also be a bit wordy and dry.

1 out of 5 stars

Hard Reading November 27, 2008
1 out of 10 found this review helpful

This should be the most interesting book ever written - after all, it purports to summarize myths across cultures with a mononmyth theory as the unifying force. The problem is in the execution, and probably the underlying theory, which is certainly out-dated. Campbell writes poorly. He is hard NOT to put down. And so, alas, as with earlier editions, I could not even plod through this tome. It is useless to my understanding of the world.

5 out of 5 stars

Very Helpful November 3, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

This book was very helpful in my own spiritual journey. It's worth all the time you'll spend reading it.

5 out of 5 stars

A journey blending modern psychology with comparative mythology October 13, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

The Collector's Edition of this keepsake represents a fine presentation of a classic first released in 1949. THE HERO WITH A THOUSAND FACES is a journey blending modern psychology with comparative mythology, and this edition offers new audiences a fine hardcover packed with black and white illustration and detail.br /br /Diane C. Donovanbr /California Bookwatchbr /

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