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The Hero with a Thousand Faces by: Joseph Campbell List Price: £9.99 Childrens Toy Shop Price: £6.49 You Save: £3.50 (35%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 133 EAN: 9780586085714 ISBN: 0586085718 Label: Fontana Press Manufacturer: Fontana Press Number Of Pages: 448 Publication Date: September 13, 1993 Publisher: Fontana Press Studio: Fontana Press Sales Rank: 3396 Related Items:
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 Rating:  - Difficult concept, yet universalCampbell was one of the most distinguished figures in the continuing study of mythology, a sadly neglected subject in recent times. Legend and myth aren't identical. Legend (or saga) at least hints at some historical truth (e.g. the Trojan War). Myth, often associated with legend, is far more complex. The human mind can't think at first in terms of abstracts, such as truth. We need a mental picture of someone or something that is true, especially in dreams. What does truth itself look like? We need a symbol. All societies known have a mythology, usually treating it with more respect than our own - to our cost. A person may be the symbol of e.g. courage. We see a courageous person in dreams, not courage itself. And any given society ... Read More: Rating:  - The Hero with a Thousand FacesThe Hero with a Thousand Faces is the work that first introduced me to Joseph Campbell. It was then and continues to be one of my favorite books of all time. Each time I read this valuable resource, I uncover another layer of usefulness. This time, I was specifically looking at how the cycle of the Hero's Journey directly related to the cycle of healing. The Hero with a Thousand Faces presents Campbell's Hero's Journey. By looking at mythology worldwide, he noticed some very significant similarities in the journeys taken by the hero or heroine of these stories, hence the cycle. In this work, Campbell presents a number of snippets from different myths showing that indeed such a pattern exists. Indeed, it is a template still used ... Read More: Rating: - If your job is to create narratives then this is vitalIt's early days for me with this book, and I'm going to have to read it several times to wring every drop of usefulness from it. But it seems to me that this is possibly one of the most important books ever written about the art of story telling. It's tied into unfashionable Freudian and Jungian analysis (the book was published in 1948), and it's best read if you already know the outline of the monomyth/heroic myth and why it's useful to writers (Google it---there are many sites offering on outline). It's also, essentially, an academic work, although I had no problems reading it, and it's definitely not an academic text of the "rigorous" type (ie an overload of citations and dry explanations). Campbell is a compelling writer, and the text reads ... Read More: Rating: - Most Insightful BookI began to read Joseph Campbell's "The Hero with a Thousand Faces" without stopping and I could not put it down. It is a very intriguing and easy to read book, and I would strongly recommend this book to the general readers. In this book, Campbell brought forth in a very insightful way about the journey of the 'archetypal hero' who can be found in almost all the mythologies and religions of every country. This is interesting for I never seen it before. The author has done so with a careful study of these mythologies, legends, and religions. There was a mention of "Dark Night of the Soul" in this book, which I think is important for me personally. The fact that I have a journey and this book speak of great volume for me. ... Read More: Rating: - The One.This was one of the most infuential works in modern day, presenting the answer to many questions of myth. It has also inspired many to construct better modern day stories; from books to films. |
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