Questions tagged [joseph-campbell]
For questions about the works of Joseph Campbell and his life as a writer.
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Is there “required” background reading for “The Hero With a Thousand Faces”?
The influence of "The Hero with a Thousand Faces" by Joseph Campbell is well documented. I have picked up the version published in the "Collected Works of Joseph Campbell" series and have sadly found ...
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Why is the hero's journey so ubiquitous across world literature?
According to "The Hero with a Thousand Faces", Joseph Campbell argues that many mythologies follow an typical pattern involving the hero's departure from familiar surroundings to a unfamiliar setting, ...
