The Flight of the Wild Gander: Explorations in the Mythological Dimension - Softcover

Campbell, Joseph

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9780895269140: The Flight of the Wild Gander: Explorations in the Mythological Dimension

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ISBN 10: 0895269147 ISBN 13: 9780895269140

Publisher: Gateway Books, 1972

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Focuses on the nature of myths and the significant of symbolic images to the human psyche

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The origins and symbolisms of mythology over time, as revealed by Joseph Campbell.

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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.

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