The Hero's Journey: Joseph Campbell on His Life and Work (The Collected Works of Joseph Campbell)

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The author of Hero With a Thousand Faces The Masks of God series and The Power of Myth here turns his powers of observation and analysis on his own lifes journey and conveys the excitement of his life-long exploration of mythic traditions which he called "the one great story of mankind." In conversations with poets anthropologists and philosophers Campbell reflects on subjects ranging from the origins and functions of myth the role of the artist and the need for ritual to the ordeals of love and romance. Illustrated throughout with photographs from Joseph Campbells family archive and with a new revised introduction The Heros Journey introduces the reader first-hand to Joseph Campbell the man his discoveries his terminology and his thinking.