Uses of Comparative Mythology: Essays on the Work of Joseph Campbell

This collection, first published in 1992, offers critical-interpretive essays on various aspects of the work of Joseph Campbell (1904-1987), one of a very few international experts on myth. Joseph Campbell examines myths and mythologies from a comparative point of view, and he stresses those similarities among myths the world over as they suggest an existing, transcendent unity of all humankind. His interpretations foster an openness, even a generous appreciation of, ?all myths; and he attempts to generate a broad, sympathetic understanding of the role of these 'stories' in human history, in our present-day lives, and in the possibilities of our future.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824070925
• ISBN13: 9780824070922
• Release Date: August 1992
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"