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An edition of The hero with a thousand faces (1949)

The hero with a thousand faces

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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. (Amazon.com review.)

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New World Library
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432

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Mythology, Psychoanalysis, Mythologie, Helden (personen), Psychanalyse, Long Now Manual for Civilization, Jungian psychology, SOCIAL SCIENCE, Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, Psykoanalys, Mythos, Held, LITERARY CRITICISM, Folklore & Mythology, Mytologi, Religious mythology, Religions, Christianity, Mitologia E Mito, Heroes, Cross-Cultural Comparison

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Table of Contents

About The Collected Works of Joseph Campbell
Page xi
Preface to the 1949 Edition
Prologue: The Monomyth
Page I
1. Myth and Dream
Page I
2. Tragedy and Comedy
Page 19
3. The Hero and the God
Page 23
4. The World Navel
Page 32
Part I. The Adventure of the Hero
Chapter I. Departure
Page 41
1. The Call to Adventure
Page 41
2. Refusal of the Call
Page 49
3. Supernatural Aid
Page 57
4. The Crossing of the First Threshold
Page 64
5. The Belly of the Whale
Page 74
Chapter II. Initiation
Page 81
1. The Road of Trials
Page 81
2. The Meeting with the Goddess
Page 91
3. Woman as the Temptress
Page 10
4. Atonement with the Father
Page 105
5. Apotheosis
Page 127
6. The Ultimate Boon
Page 148
Chapter III. Return
Page 167
1. Refusal of the Return
Page 167
2. The Magic Flight
Page 170
3. Rescue from Without
Page 178
4. The Crossing of the Return Threshold
Page 188
5. Master of the Two Worlds
Page 196
6. Freedom to Live
Page 205
Chapter IV. The Keys
Page 211
Part II. The Cosmogonic Cycle
Chapter I. Emanations
Page 219
1. From Psychology to Metaphysics
Page 219
2. The Universal Round
Page 223
3. Out of the Void-Space
Page 231
4. Within Space-Life
Page 234
5. The Breaking of the One into the Manifold
Page 241
6. Folk Stories of Creation
Page 248
Chapter II. The Virgin Birth
Page 255
1. Mother Universe
Page 255
2. Matrix of Destiny
Page 259
3. Womb of Redemption
Page 264
4. Folk Stories of Virgin Motherhood
Page 267
Chapter III. Transformations of the Hero
Page 271
1. The Primordial Hero and the Human
Page 271
2. Childhood of the Human Hero
Page 274
3. The Hero as Warrior
Page 287
4. The Hero as Lover
Page 293
5. The Hero as Emperor and as Tyrant
Page 296
6. The Hero as World Redeemer
Page 299
7. The Hero as Saint
Page 304
8. Departure of the Hero
Page 306
Chapter IV. Dissolutions
Page 315
1. End of the Microcosm
Page 315
2. End of the Macrocosm
Page 322
Epilogue
Page 329
1. The Shapeshifter
Page 329
2. The Function of Myth, Cult, and Meditation
Page 330
3. The Hero Today
Page 333
Acknowledgments
Page 339
Endnotes
Page 341
Bibliography
Page 363
Illustration List
Page 383
Index
Page 397
About the Author
Page 415
About the Joseph Campbell Foundation
Page 417

Edition Notes

"Bollingen series XVII."

Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.

Published in
Novato, Calif

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
201/.3
Library of Congress
BL313 .C28 2008, BL313.C28 2008

The Physical Object

Pagination
p. cm.
Number of pages
432

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL16774776M
Internet Archive
herowiththousand00camp_279
ISBN 13
9781577315933
LCCN
2008014990
OCLC/WorldCat
224442464
LibraryThing
39418
Goodreads
2617434

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Work ID
OL2497175W

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