A college teacher of literature, Joseph Campbell (1904-1987) was an editor and popularizer of comparative mythology. He created comprehensive theories of mythology that synthesized the discoveries of modern science, psychology, art history, and...

Born March 26, 1904 in New York. "We had a stable with a cow and a horse out in Westchester.... My father, Charles W. Campbell, was in the hosiery business, importing and wholesale. My career as a mythologist began almost immediately, with Buffalo...

CAMPBELL, JOSEPH (1904–1987). Joseph Campbell was perhaps the best-known mythologist of the twentieth century. His fame was largely due to his highly acclaimed public television interviews with Bill Moyers in 1985–1986 and his...

Joseph John Campbell (March 26, 1904 – October 30, 1987) was an American mythology professor, writer, and orator best known for his work in the fields of comparative mythology and comparative...

Until Bill Moyers brought him posthumous national attention in 1988 in an astonishingly popular public television series, Joseph Campbell was a relatively obscure expert on mythology whose voluminous published work was little known outside of academia and a small literary coterie. Campbell, after...

Joseph Campbell, RIP THE LAST TIME this NR senior editor saw Joseph Campbell was over fine pasta and wine at Paone's restaurant on East 34th Street in Manhattan. Campbell, dressed casually in loafers, slacks, tweed jacket, and slightly bohemian blue shirt, was...

The movie is set, very realistically, in a fascist outpost in the mountains in 1944. Franco's troops are trying to root out the guerillas. The heroine of the movie is Ofelia, a girl of 9 or 10 whose widowed mother has, horrifyingly, remarried a fascist...

A couple of years ago, the O.K. Harris Gallery organized an exhibition of late sculptures by Philip Pavia (1912–2005). Pavia died shortly after this tantalizing show of large primitivistic heads, his achievements as an artist largely lost to history. A photo of Pavia’s 1961 exhibition...

In the following essay, Ellwood provides a biographical and critical study of Campbell and his work, and traces his literary and ideological development.

In the following essay, Manganaro explores Campbell's approach to and use of mythology, and discusses the appeal of his work.

In the following interview, Campbell discusses various elements of mythology, the role of the shaman and the court jester, and Aztec and Mayan societies.