Myths to Live By - Hardcover

Campbell, Joseph

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0670503592 ISBN 13: 9780670503599

Publisher: Viking Adult, 1972

Synopsis

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

About this title

About the Author:

Joseph Campbell was an American author and teacher best known for his work in the field of comparative mythology. He was born in New York City in 1904, and from early childhood he became interested in mythology. He loved to read books about American Indian cultures and frequently visited the American Museum of Natural History in New York, where he was fascinated by the museum’s collection of totem poles. Campbell was educated at Columbia University, where he specialized in medieval literature, and, after earning a master’s degree, continued his studies at universities in Paris and Munich. Throughout his life, he traveled extensively and wrote prolifically, authoring many books, including the four-volume series The Masks of God, Myths to Live By, The Inner Reaches of Outer Space, and A Skeleton Key to Finnegans Wake. Campbell died in 1987. In 1988, a series of television interviews with Bill Moyers, The Power of Myth, introduced his views to millions of people.

About this edition

• Publisher: Viking Adult
• Publication date: 1972
• ISBN 10: 0670503592
• ISBN 13: 9780670503599
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 276