Joseph Campbell

Le Héros aux mille et un visages est un essai de mythologies comparées publié en 1949 par le spécialiste des mythes Joseph Campbell. Campbell y propose un schéma narratif archétypique, celui du voyage du héros, qu'il dégage de l'étude de différentes mythologies. C'est la première publication dans laquelle Campbell …

A brilliant evocation of the noted scholar's teachings on mythology. Joseph Campbell and Bill Moyers offer a brilliant combination of wisdom and wit in conversations that range from modern marriage to virgin births, from saviors to heroes in the Power of Myth--a great summing up of Campbell's works.

In his first three volumes of the Masks of GodI-IV series Joseph Campbell discusses and explores mythology in a manner most people would be familiar with. However, in Creative Mythology he adds a new dimension. In his introduction he writes: “In the context of traditional mythology, the symbols are presented in …

The author of such acclaimed books as Hero With a Thousand Faces and The Power of Myth discusses the primitive roots of mythology, examining them in light of the most recent discoveries in archaeology, anthropology, and psychology