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The Mythic Dimension: Selected Essays 1959 - 1987 (Collected Works of Joseph Campbell) (Hardcover)

by Joseph Campbell (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 352 pages
  • Publisher: New World Library; 2 edition (1 Jun 2008)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1577315944
  • ISBN-13: 978-1577315940
  • Product Dimensions: 21.8 x 14.5 x 3.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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In these pages, the collected works of Joseph Campbell presents twelve eclectic, far-ranging and brilliant essays exploring myth in all its dimensions: its history; its influence on art, literature, and culture; and its role in everyday life. This second volume of Campbell's essays (following "Flight of the Wild Gander") brings together uncollected writings from 1959 to 1987. Written at the height of Campbell's career - and showcasing the lively intelligence that made him the twentieth century's premier writer on mythology - these essays investigate the profound links among myth, the individual, and societies ancient and contemporary.Covering diverse terrain ranging from psychology to the occult, from Thomas Mann to the "Grateful Dead", from Goddess spirituality to Freud and Jung, these playful and erudite writings reveal the threads of myth woven deeply into the fabric of our culture and our lives. 'No one in our century - not Freud, not Thomas Mann, not Levi-Strauss - has so brought the mythical sense of the world and its eternal figures back into our everyday consciousness' - James Hillman. 'Campbell has become the rarest of intellectuals in American life: a serious thinker who has been embraced by the popular culture' - "Newsweek". 'In our generation, the mythographer who has had the fullest command of the huge scholarly literature, the analytic ability, the lucid prose, and the needed staying power has been Joseph Campbell' - "Commentary".

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5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful essays finally available, 22 April 1998
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This review is from: The Mythic Dimension: Selected Essays 1959-1987 (Collected Works of Joseph Campbell) (Paperback)
It is hard to find the scarce published of Campbell's essays and this book delivers. These selections are full of Campbell's brilliance but leave you wanting more. It is a good thing it is only PART of his collected works! There is more to come!
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5.0 out of 5 stars The Mythic Dimension, 21 Mar 2008
By Tami Brady "Whole Health Therapist" (Calgary, Canada) - See all my reviews
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If you have any sort of interest in mythology, then you have heard of Joseph Campbell. His works such as The Hero's Journey and Myths of Light are required reading for university studies. His presentation of the cycle of the hero is absolutely legendary. He is one of my absolute favorite authors.

When a copy of The Mythic Dimension arrived at my door for me to review, I was thrilled. This book reprints a variety of Campbell's essays and articles, originally published between 1959 and 1987. Amongst these pieces are solid foundational presentations that provide a really good overview of the study of mythology and the associated symbolism. I can see this book becoming a very popular text for university classes.
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