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Joseph Campbell
AuthorBooks · Second hand1904-1987
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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About Joseph Campbell
Birth
1904
Death
1987
First book
1949
Years writing
77
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.
Joseph Campbell was a prominent American mythologist whose work explored the universal patterns present in stories across all cultures.
His famous maxim 'follow your bliss' has become an inspiring motto for millions of people around the world.
As a professor and lecturer, he dedicated his life to unraveling the deep meaning of myths and their relevance to the human experience.
His most iconic book, The Hero with a Thousand Faces, analyzes the common structure shared by heroic tales throughout history.
Beyond his academic work, Campbell was a prolific writer who published over two hundred works on religion, symbolism, and anthropology.
