Myths to Live by - Hardcover

Campbell, Joseph

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0670503592 ISBN 13: 9780670503599

Publisher: Viking Pr, 1972

Synopsis

Examines the myth-making process since primitive times to demonstrate the ways in which specific myths reflect human needs

About this title

Review:

No other academic has had such a far-reaching effect on mass culture. --The Independent

About the Author:

Joseph Campbell was interested in mythology since his childhood in New York, when he read books about American Indians, frequently visited the American Museum of Natural History, and was fascinated by the museum's collection of totem poles. He earned his B.A. and M.A. degrees at Columbia in 1925 and 1927 and went on to study medieval French and Sanskrit at the universities of Paris and Munich.

After a period in California, where he encountered John Steinbeck and the biologist Ed Ricketts, he taught at the Canterbury School, then, in 1934, joined the literature department at Sarah Lawrence College, a post he retained for many years. During the 1940s and '50s, he helped Swami Nikhilananda to translate the Upanishads and The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna.

The many books by Professor Campbell include The Hero with a Thousand Faces, Myths to Live By, The Flight of the Wild Gander, and The Mythic Image. He edited The Portable Arabian Nights, The Portable Jung, and other works. He died in 1987.

About this edition

• Publisher: Viking Pr
• Publication date: 1972
• ISBN 10: 0670503592
• ISBN 13: 9780670503599
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1