Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. - 1990. - 439 pp.
Catalog/ISBN 0691017840
The Hero with a Thousand Faces (first published in 1949) is a non-fiction book, and seminal work of comparative mythology by Joseph Campbell. In this publication, Campbell discusses his theory of the jouey of the archetypal hero found in world mythologies.Since publication of The Hero with a Thousand Faces, Campbell's theory has been consciously applied by a wide variety of mode writers and artists. The best known is perhaps George Lucas, who has acknowledged a debt to Campbell regarding the stories of the Star Wars films. Campbell explores the theory that important myths from around the world which have survived for thousands of years all share a fundamental structure, which Campbell called the monomyth. In a well-known quote from the introduction to The Hero with a Thousand Faces.
Catalog/ISBN 0691017840
The Hero with a Thousand Faces (first published in 1949) is a non-fiction book, and seminal work of comparative mythology by Joseph Campbell. In this publication, Campbell discusses his theory of the jouey of the archetypal hero found in world mythologies.Since publication of The Hero with a Thousand Faces, Campbell's theory has been consciously applied by a wide variety of mode writers and artists. The best known is perhaps George Lucas, who has acknowledged a debt to Campbell regarding the stories of the Star Wars films. Campbell explores the theory that important myths from around the world which have survived for thousands of years all share a fundamental structure, which Campbell called the monomyth. In a well-known quote from the introduction to The Hero with a Thousand Faces.