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Joseph Campbell

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Joseph Campbell (1904–1987) was an American mythologist, writer, editor, and teacher whose work compared myths, religions, literature, psychology, and art across cultures. His major studies include The Hero with a Thousand Faces, The Masks of God, The Mythic Image, and The Historical Atlas of World Mythology. His later public conversations with Bill Moyers made his ideas widely influential.

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Joseph Campbell's Newest Book

Myth and Meaning: Conversations on Mythology and Life

interview-book · First published 2023

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Cover of The Hero with a Thousand Faces

The Hero with a Thousand Faces

Best introduction to Campbell's central theory of the mythic hero's journey.

Cover of The Power of Myth

The Power of Myth

Accessible interview-based overview of Campbell's major ideas.

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Myths to Live By

Concise essay collection on myth, modern life, and human meaning.

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nonfiction-book-series · complete

The Masks of God

A four-volume comparative study of world mythology and religion published from 1959 to 1968.

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  1. 1 Cover of Primitive Mythology
    Primitive Mythology

    Book 1 · nonfiction · 1959

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  2. 2 Cover of Oriental Mythology
    Oriental Mythology

    Book 2 · nonfiction · 1962

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  3. 3
    Occidental Mythology

    Book 3 · nonfiction · 1964

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  4. 4
    Creative Mythology

    Book 4 · nonfiction · 1968

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nonfiction-book-series · incomplete

Historical Atlas of World Mythology

A projected multi-volume history of world mythology; two volumes comprising five parts were completed, with the second volume published posthumously.

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  1. 1
    The Way of the Animal Powers

    Book 1 · nonfiction · 1983

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  2. 2
    The Way of the Seeded Earth

    Book 2 · nonfiction · 1988

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Outside the series

Bibliography by category

Novels (3)
  1. Cover of The Hero with a Thousand Faces
    The Hero with a Thousand Faces

    nonfiction · 1949

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  2. Cover of The Mythic Image
    The Mythic Image

    nonfiction · 1974

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  3. Tarot Revelations

    nonfiction · 1979

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Nonfiction (5)
  1. Cover of A Skeleton Key to Finnegans Wake
    A Skeleton Key to Finnegans Wake

    literary-criticism · 1944

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  2. Cover of The Hero's Journey: Joseph Campbell on His Life and Work
    The Hero's Journey: Joseph Campbell on His Life and Work

    memoir-interview · 1990

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  3. Mythic Worlds, Modern Words: On the Art of James Joyce

    literary-criticism · 1993

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  4. Baksheesh and Brahman: Indian Journal 1954–1955

    travel-journal · 1995

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  5. Sake & Satori: Asian Journals, Japan

    travel-journal · 2002

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Short fiction (1)
  1. Mythic Imagination: Collected Short Fiction of Joseph Campbell

    short-fiction-collection · 2012

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Essays and speeches (11)
  1. The Flight of the Wild Gander: Explorations in the Mythological Dimension

    essay-collection · 1969

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  2. Cover of Myths to Live By
    Myths to Live By

    essay-collection · 1972

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  3. Cover of The Inner Reaches of Outer Space: Metaphor as Myth and as Religion
    The Inner Reaches of Outer Space: Metaphor as Myth and as Religion

    essay-collection · 1986

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  4. Cover of Transformations of Myth through Time
    Transformations of Myth through Time

    lecture-collection · 1990

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  5. Cover of The Mythic Dimension: Selected Essays 1959–1987
    The Mythic Dimension: Selected Essays 1959–1987

    essay-collection · 1997

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  6. Cover of Thou Art That: Transforming Religious Metaphor
    Thou Art That: Transforming Religious Metaphor

    essay-collection · 2001

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  7. Cover of Myths of Light: Eastern Metaphors of the Eternal
    Myths of Light: Eastern Metaphors of the Eternal

    essay-collection · 2003

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  8. Cover of Pathways to Bliss: Mythology and Personal Transformation
    Pathways to Bliss: Mythology and Personal Transformation

    essay-collection · 2004

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  9. Cover of Goddesses: Mysteries of the Feminine Divine
    Goddesses: Mysteries of the Feminine Divine

    lecture-collection · 2013

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  10. Cover of Romance of the Grail: The Magic and Mystery of Arthurian Myth
    Romance of the Grail: The Magic and Mystery of Arthurian Myth

    essay-collection · 2015

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  11. The Ecstasy of Being: Mythology and Dance

    essay-collection · 2017

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Posthumous collections (1)
  1. Cover of A Joseph Campbell Companion: Reflections on the Art of Living
    A Joseph Campbell Companion: Reflections on the Art of Living

    posthumous-compilation · 1991

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Other (7)
  1. Cover of The Power of Myth
    The Power of Myth

    interview-book · 1988

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  2. An Open Life: Joseph Campbell in Conversation with Michael Toms

    interview-book · 1988

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  3. Erotic Irony and Mythic Forms in the Art of Thomas Mann

    broadside · 1988

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  4. Renewal Myths and Rites of the Primitive Hunters and Planters

    monograph · 1989

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  5. This Business of the Gods: Joseph Campbell in Conversation with Frazer Boa

    interview-book · 1989

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  6. Correspondence: 1927–1987

    correspondence · 2019

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  7. Myth and Meaning: Conversations on Mythology and Life

    interview-book · 2023

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