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| Name: |
Joseph Campbell | | Birth Date: |
March 26, 1904 | | Death Date: |
1987 | | Place of Birth: |
New York, New York, United States | | Nationality: |
American | | Gender: |
Male | | Occupations: |
editor, professor, educator |
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Biography of Joseph Campbell
1047 words, approx. 3.5 pages
 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 literatur...
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Biography of Joseph Campbell
6191 words, approx. 20.6 pages
 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 Bill's...


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The Hero with a Thousand Faces Information
2,868 words, approx. 10 pages
 The Hero with a Thousand Faces (1949) is a non-fiction book, and seminal work of comparative mythology by Joseph Campbell. In this publication, Campbell discusses his theory of the journey of the archetypal hero found in world mythologies. Since...




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Literary Criticism
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Critical Essay by Jon C. Stott
2,746 words, approx. 9 pages
 In the following essay, Stott determines the influence of The Hero with a Thousand Faces on Gerald McDermott's Arrow to the Sun.
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Gilgamesh in Relation to Campbell's Archetypal Model
1,226 words, approx. 4 pages
 In Joseph Campbell's The Hero With a Thousand Faces, Gilgamesh initially seeks immortality, but ultimately learns how to be a better king. The hero manifests Joseph Campbell's archetypal cycle of separation, initiation, and return.


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The Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell | |
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About 150 pages (44,893 words) in 7 products |
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