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		"There's a hell of a distance between wisecracking and wit. Wit has truth in it; wisecracking is simply calisthenics with words." - Dorthy Parker

	The Hero with a Thousand Faces
	by Joseph Campbell

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Format: Paperback, 391 pages

Edition: REV

Publisher: Princeton University Press

ISBN: 0691017840

Release Date: Jan 20, 1905

Average Reader Review:

(Based on 2 reviews.)

In Brief
Although they are perceived as two different concepts, "fact" and "fiction" are really opposite sides of the same coin—two ways of expressing the same truth. According to the brilliant scholar and writer Joseph Campbell, myth is the way a culture becomes reconciled to the universal truths of human existence—the joys and sorrows, pains and pleasures of life. In short, it is a philosophical text, but one which reveals truth in symbolic terms.

This classic cross-cultural study examines the most basic myth of all. Portraying the archetypal hero in light of modern psychological ideas, Campbell uses fairy tale narratives across time to discuss the three stages of the heroic journey (departure, initiation, and return) and examines the macrocosm of the universe and the role the hero plays in its cycle of growth, dissolution, and redemption. A rich source of study for generations of readers and scholars. B&W illus.

From The Publisher
The amazing, best-selling exploration of world myth and the individual soul's development that has changed millions of lives and was the focus of the recent Bill Moyers special on PBS.

Annotation
A look into the variety of hero myths and the similarities that run through different cultures by making use of psychology and folklore.

Number of Reviews: 2 Average Rating:

Incredible book for serious writers, artists or even lawyers

-- A reviewer, April 1, 2000

This book is easy to understand, and very informative.

-- Christine, an avid book reader and poet, December 2, 1998

The Reader's Catalog
This best-seller attempts to discover an archetypal "monomyth" within the myths of various cultures

ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE TEXT	xiii
LIST OF PLATES	xix
PROLOGUE: THE MONOMYTH
1. Myth and Dream	3
2. Tragedy and Comedy	25
3. The Hero and the God	30
4. The World Navel	40
PART I: THE ADVENTURE OF THE HERO
CHAPTER I: DEPARTURE
1. The Call to Adventure	49
2. Refusal of the Call	59
3. Supernatural Aid	69
4. The Crossing of the First Threshold	77
5. The Belly of the Whale	90
CHAPTER II: INITIATION
1. The Road of Trials	97
2. The Meeting with the Goddess	109
3. Woman as the Temptress	120
4. Atonement with the Father	126
5. Apotheosis	149
6. The Ultimate Boon	172
CHAPTERIII: RETURN
1. Refusal of the Return	193
2. The Magic Flight	196
3. Rescue from Without	207
4. The Crossing of the Return Threshold	217
5.Master of the Two Worlds	229
6. Freedom to Live	238
CHAPTER IV: THE KEYS	245
PART II: THE COSMOGONIC CYCLE
CHAPTER I: EMANATIONS
1. From Psychology to Metaphysics	255
2. The Universal Round	261
3. Out of the Void—Space	269
4. Within Space—Life	273
5. The Breaking of the One into the Manifold	281
6. Folk Stories of Creation	289
CHAPTER II: THE VIRGIN BIRTH
1. Mother Universe	297
2. Matrix of Destiny	302
3. Womb of Redemption	308
4. Folk Stories of Virgin Motherhood	311
CHAPTER III: TRANSFORMATIONS OF THE HERO
1. The Primordial Hero and the Human	315
2. Childhood of the Human Hero	318
3. The Hero as Warrior	334
4. The Hero as Lover	342
5. The Hero as Emperor and as Tyrant	345
6. The Hero as World Redeemer	349
7. The Hero as Saint	354
8. Departure of the Hero	356
CHAPTER IV: DISSOLUTIONS
1. End of the Microcosm	365
2. End of the Macrocosm	374
EPILOGUE: MYTH AND SOCIETY
1. The Shapeshifter	381
2. The Function of Myth, Cult, and Meditation	382
3. The Hero Today	387
INDEX	393

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