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Available
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Publication
Harper Perennial (1990), Edition: 1, 272 pages
Description
A collection of thirteen lectures, all given near the end of Joseph Campbell's life, that examine the great sweep of mythological development around the world and across the ages.
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LibraryThing member Czrbr
Book Description: HarperCollins Publishers Inc 1991. Transformations of Myth Through Time 30 December 1998 Paperback, 263 pages, B&w Photographs and Illustrations HarperCollins Publishers Inc New York, NY, USA ISBN 0060964634 Dimensions in millimeters: 235 x 189 x 19 Dimensions in inches: 9.25 x
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7.44 x 0.75 By Joseph Campbell Show Less
LibraryThing member hailelib
For Joseph Campbell this book is fairly accessible. It's apparently a companion book to a series of programs he did for PBS near the end of his life. Because it's an overview of myth from the earliest times up through the medieval Grail stories it did help me finally see some of the points that
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Campbell was making in other writings of his that I had previously read. However one needs to take the conclusions in the first part of the book with a grain of salt as our discoveries in the last twenty years about early man and even the beginnings of civilizations have changed some expert's opinions about the lives of these peoples. Also the text seemed to, at times, refer to illustrations that may have been used in the TV lecture but didn't make it into the book. Still, not a bad starting point to learn about Campbell's views on mythology. Show Less
LibraryThing member tgraettinger
Kind of obtuse at times, but pretty interesting in spots.
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Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
1990-02-28
Physical description
9.25 inches
ISBN
0060964634 / 9780060964634
Local notes
SS Thirteen lectures
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