Joseph Campbell

Joseph Campbell

(1904–1987) lecturer Ireland

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[Wikidata] American mythologist, writer and lecturer (1904–1987)... | [Wikipedia] Joseph John Campbell was an American writer and the husband of Jean Erdman. He was a professor of literature at Sarah Lawrence College who worked in comparative mythology and comparative religion. His work covers many aspects of the human condition. Campbell's best-known work is his book The Hero wi

About Joseph Campbell

Joseph John Campbell was an American writer and the husband of Jean Erdman. He was a professor of literature at Sarah Lawrence College who worked in comparative mythology and comparative religion. His work covers many aspects of the human condition. Campbell's best-known work is his book The Hero with a Thousand Faces (1949), in which he discusses his theory of the journey of the archetypal hero shared by world mythologies, termed the monomyth.

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My Lagan Love

Notable works:

The masks of God

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