| Edition |
Third edition. |
| Description |
xiii, 417 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. |
| Series |
Collected works of Joseph Campbell |
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Bollingen series ; 17 |
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Campbell, Joseph, 1904-1987.
Collected works of Joseph Campbell (Series)
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Bollingen series ; 17.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-382) and index. |
| Contents |
Prologue: The monomyth. Myth and dream ; Tragedy and comedy ; The hero and the god ; The world navel. |
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Part I: The adventure of the hero. 1: Departure. The call to adventure ; Refusal of the call ; Supernatural aid ; The crossing of the first threshold ; The belly of the whale -- 2: Initiation. The road of trials ; The meeting with the Goddess ; Woman as the Temptress ; Atonement with the father ; Apotheosis ; The ultimate boon -- 3: Return. Refusal of the return ; The magic flight ; Rescue from without ; The crossing of the return threshold ; Master of the Two Worlds ; Freedom to live -- 4: The keys. |
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Part II: The cosmogonic cycle. 1: Emanations. From psychology to metaphysics ; The universal round ; Out of the void--space ; Within space--life ; The breaking of the One into the Manifold ; Folk stories of creation -- 2: The virgin birth. Mother universe ; Matrix of destiny ; Womb of redemption ; Folk stories of virgin motherhood -- 3: Transformations of the hero. The primordial hero and the human ; Childhood of the human hero ; The hero as warrior ; The hero as lover ; The hero as emperor and as tyrant ; The hero as world redeemer ; The hero as saint ; Departure of the hero -- 4: Dissolutions. End of the Microcosm ; End of the Macrocosm -- Epilogue: Myth and society. The shapeshifter ; The function of myth, cult and meditation ; The hero today. |
| 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 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 myhtic traditions. He also explores the Cosmogonic Cycle, the mythic pattern of world creation and destruction. |
| Subject |
Mythology.
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Jungian psychology.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Folklore & Mythology.
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Mythology. (OCoLC)fst01031701
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Jungian psychology. (OCoLC)fst00984858
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| ISBN |
9781577315933 (hardcover alkaline paper) |
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1577315936 (hardcover alkaline paper) |
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