{"product_id":"the-hero-with-a-thousand-faces-collected-works-of-joseph-campbell-3rd-ed","title":"The Hero with a Thousand Faces (Collected Works of Joseph Campbell) (3RD ed.)","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBrief Description\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThis 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBrief Description\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSince its release in 1949, \"The Hero with a Thousand Faces\" 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. \n\u003cbr\u003eAs 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. \n\u003cbr\u003eAs relevant today as when it was first published, \"The Hero with a Thousand Faces\" 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMarc Notes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJoseph Campbell Foundation.;Includes bibliographical references and index.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"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 \n\u003ci\u003eHero\u003c\/i\u003e wisdom for the ages.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e-- Bill Moyers\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"In the three decades since I discovered \n\u003ci\u003eThe Hero with a Thousand Faces\u003c\/i\u003e, 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.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e-- George Lucas\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"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, \n\u003ci\u003eThe Hero with a Thousand Faces\u003c\/i\u003e [is] a brilliant examination, through ancient hero myths, of man's eternal struggle for identity.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e-- \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"In the long run, the most influential book of the twentieth century may turn out to be Joseph Campbell's \n\u003ci\u003eThe Hero with a Thousand Faces\u003c\/i\u003e.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e-- Christopher Vogler\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Watching [Campbell] perform these staggering acts of synthesis--he'll toss together, say, Jungian archetype, Sumerian mythology, the Roman Apuleius, shamanism and Lancelot into the space of a few pages--is breathtaking.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e-- Anthony Doerr\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/span\u003e 11\/01\/2008 pg. 14 (EAN 9781577315933, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n","brand":"New World Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51496134312214,"sku":"9781577315933","price":32.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0857\/9910\/8886\/files\/9781577315933.jpg?v=1783053732","url":"https:\/\/lusper.myshopify.com\/products\/the-hero-with-a-thousand-faces-collected-works-of-joseph-campbell-3rd-ed","provider":"Lusperbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}