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ISBN: Unknown
Page count: 472
Published: 1953
Publisher: New York, NY: Pantheon Books
Author: Joseph John Campbell
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The Hero with a Thousand Faces, originally published in 1949 by Jospeh J. Campbell, outlines the hero cycle by comparing mythological hero stories from around the world. This milestone work integrates theories from psychology and religious studies. The "hero's journey" is outlined in steps on the basis of a systematic analysis of world myths.

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  • Since 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.

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Joseph John Campbell was an American professor who worked in comparative mythology and religion.
Contents
Front cover1Prefacevii11Table of Contentsix13Illustrations in the Textxiii17List of Platesxix23Prologue: The Monomyth129PART I: THE ADVENTURE OF THE HERO4777Chapter I: The Departure4979Chapter II: Initiation97129Chapter III: Return193235Chapter IV: The Keys245289PART II: THE COSMOGONIC CYCLE253297Chapter I: Emanations255299Chapter II: The Virgin Birth297345Chapter III: Transformations of the Hero315363Chapter IV: Dissolutions365417Epilogue: Myth and Society379431Index393445
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Campbell, Joseph J. The Hero with a Thousand Faces. Vol. XVII of Bollingen Series. New York, NY: Pantheon Books, 1953.

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