One of Joseph Campbell's classic quartet, a study of the ethno-cultural roots of mythology.
Joseph Campbell was the leading authority on comparative mythology of the twentieth century. He taught at Sarah Lawrence College for most of his career and died in 1987.
Campbell has become the rarest of intellectuals... a serious
thinker who has been embraced by popular culture.
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One cannot but admire the width and diversity of Joseph Campbell's
scholarship. Campbell's great gift is for fluent and engaging
exposition.
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Looks at the myths, rituals and legends of the Western world... The
human race is united not just biologically but also spiritually, by
... continually recurring themes, subjects and stories... It is an
extremely thorough contribution to our knowledge of the origins of
the legends, themes and symbols which are integral to modern
culture, both Eastern and Western.
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Campbell's words carry extraordinary weight, not only among
scholars but among a wide range of other people who find his
research down mythical pathways relevant to their lives today.
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Campbell's masterwork... has inspired passages connecting with the
luminously permanent, beyond gender, beyond time.
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