Creative Mythology: The Masks of God, Volume IV - Couverture souple

Campbell, Joseph

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0140194401 ISBN 13 : 9780140194401

Editeur : Penguin Publishing Group, 1991

Synopsis

This volume explores the whole inner story of modern culture since the Dark Ages, treating modern man's unique position as the creator of his own mythology.[...]

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur :

Joseph Campbell was interested in mythology since his childhood in New York, when he read books about American Indians, frequently visited the American Museum of Natural History, and was fascinated by the museum's collection of totem poles. He earned his B.A. and M.A. degrees at Columbia in 1925 and 1927 and went on to study medieval French and Sanskrit at the universities of Paris and Munich. After a period in California, where he encountered John Steinbeck and the biologist Ed Ricketts, he taught at the Canterbury School, then, in 1934, joined the literature department at Sarah Lawrence College, a post he retained for many years. During the 1940s and '50s, he helped Swami Nikhilananda to translate the Upanishads and The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna. The many books by Professor Campbell include The Hero with a Thousand Faces, Myths to Live By, The Flight of the Wild Gander, and The Mythic Image. He edited The Portable Arabian Nights, The Portable Jung, and other works. He died in 1987.

Revue de presse :

One cannot but admire the width and diversity of Joseph Campbell's scholarship. --'New Statesman'

Inspired passages connecting with the luminously permament, beyond gender, beyond time. --'The Guardian'

An extremely thorough contribution to our knowledge of the origins of so many of the legends, themes and symbols which are integral to modern culture, both Eastern and Western... A rewarding and informative read. --'Tribune'

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Penguin Publishing Group
• Date d'édition: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0140194401
• ISBN 13: 9780140194401
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 752