The Masks of God: Creative Mythology - Hardcover

Campbell, Joseph

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0670461113 ISBN 13: 9780670461110

Publisher: Viking Adult, 1968

Synopsis

Studies the development of man's philosophical views of supreme beings in primitive, Eastern, and Western cultures

About this title

About the Author:

Joseph Campbell was an American author and teacher best known for his work in the field of comparative mythology. He was born in New York City in 1904, and from early childhood he became interested in mythology. He loved to read books about American Indian cultures and frequently visited the American Museum of Natural History in New York, where he was fascinated by the museum’s collection of totem poles. Campbell was educated at Columbia University, where he specialized in medieval literature, and, after earning a master’s degree, continued his studies at universities in Paris and Munich. Throughout his life, he traveled extensively and wrote prolifically, authoring many books, including the four-volume series The Masks of God, Myths to Live By, The Inner Reaches of Outer Space, and A Skeleton Key to Finnegans Wake. Campbell died in 1987. In 1988, a series of television interviews with Bill Moyers, The Power of Myth, introduced his views to millions of people.

Review:

"A monument of learning, wonder, and wisdom, daringly conceived and brilliantly written by a man who is at home in the Eastern and the Western universe of spirit.... In temporal span and spatial scope and in relevance to the needs of its own day, it is unexampled."
—Henry A. Murray, Harvard University

About this edition

• Publisher: Viking Adult
• Publication date: 1968
• ISBN 10: 0670461113
• ISBN 13: 9780670461110
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1