Joseph Campbell era un autore e studioso americano noto per i suoi contributi alla mitologia comparata. Nato a New York nel 1904, sviluppò fin da giovane un fascino per la mitologia, in particolare per le culture dei nativi americani, che plasmò i suoi interessi accademici. La sua opera fondamentale, "The Hero with a Thousand Faces", pubblicata nel 1949, stabilì la sua teoria del monomito - uno schema universale di narrazioni eroiche riscontrabile in diverse culture. Questo studio rivoluzionario, insieme alla sua serie in quattro volumi "The Masks of God", consolidò la sua reputazione come massima autorità nel campo della narrazione mitica.
La formazione accademica di Campbell abbracciò la letteratura medievale, la psicologia e le religioni mondiali, influenzato da figure come Carl Jung, James Joyce e Sigmund Freud. Dopo gli studi alla Columbia University e in istituzioni europee, insegnò al Sarah Lawrence College per decenni collaborando a traduzioni di testi indù come "The Upanishads". Il suo approccio interdisciplinare univa arte, letteratura e antropologia, culminando in opere come "Myths to Live By" e "The Historical Atlas of World Mythology". Le idee di Campbell raggiunsero un pubblico globale attraverso le interviste del 1988 per PBS con Bill Moyers, pubblicate postume come "The Power of Myth", che resero popolare la sua esplorazione dell'attualità della mitologia nell'esperienza umana.
The Lost Teachings of Joseph Campbell Books
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Call of the Hero
1992
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Mythological Musings: Lost Teachings of Joseph Campbell 2
1993
The Masks of God Books
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Primitive Mythology, Volume 1
1959
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Oriental Mythology, Volume 2
1962
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Occidental Mythology, Volume 3
1964
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Creative Mythology, Volume 4
1968
The Way of the Animal Powers Part Books
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Way of the Animal Powers, Part 1
1988
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The Way of the Animal Powers Part 2
1988
The Way of the Seeded Earth Books
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Historical Atlas of World Mythology, Vol II, Part 3: Mythologies of the primitive planters: the Middle and Southern Americas
1988
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Historical Atlas of World Mythology Vol II: The Way of the Seeded Earth Part 1: The Sacrifice
1988
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Historical Atlas of World Mythology Vol II: The Way of the Seeded Earth Part 2: Mythologies of the Primitive Planters: The Northern Americas
1989
Libri di non-fiction
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A Skeleton Key to Finnegans Wake (With: Henry Morton Robinson, Edmund L. Epstein)
1944
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Man and Time: Papers from the Eranos Yearbooks
1954
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Papers from the Eranos Yearbooks, Eranos 2: The Mysteries
1955
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Man and Transformation
1964
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Tarot Revelations
1987
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Transformations of Myth Through Time
1990
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Western Quest
1999
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The Historical Development Of Mythology
2011
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Sermons by the Late Joseph Campbell
2015
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The Rushlight
2016
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Papers from the Eranos Yearbooks, Eranos 4: Spiritual Disciplines
2017
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The Ultimate Compendium of Joseph Campbell’s Best Sayings (With: Joseph Marty)
2022
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Myth and Meaning: Conversations on Mythology and Life (With: Stephen Gerringer)
2023
Joseph Campbel's Biographies & Memoirs (with Michael Toms)
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An Open Life: Joseph Campbell in Conversation with Michael Toms
1988
Historical Atlas of World Mythology Books
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Historical Atlas of World Mythology 1: The Way of the Animal Powers
1983
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Historical Atlas World Myth, Vol 3
2006
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Prologue: Historical Atlas of World Mythology Part I.A (With: Robert Walter)
2013
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I.E: Living Peoples of the Equatorial Forest Book 5) (With: Robert Walter)
2014
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I.D: Early Hunters of the Open Plains Book 4) (With: Robert Walter)
2015
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I.F: Art as a Revelation Book 6) (With: Robert Walter)
2017
Inner Journey Books
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The Inner Journey: Views from the Buddhist Tradition (By: Philip Novak)
2005
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The Inner Journey: Myth, Psyche, and Spirit (With: Thomas Moore, Mircea Eliade, Martha Heyneman)
2008
Joseph Campbell and Power of Myth Books (with Bill Moyers)
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The Power of Myth
1988
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The Message of the Myth: Power of Myth 2
1990
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Masks of Eternity: Power of Myth 6
1990
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Sacrifice and Bliss: Power of Myth 4
1990
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The Hero's Adventure: Power of Myth 1
1992
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Love and the Goddess: Power of Myth 5
1992
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The First Storytellers: Power of Myth 3
1992
Joseph Campbell and Power of Myth Books in Chronological Order
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The Hero's Adventure: Power of Myth 1
1992
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The Message of the Myth: Power of Myth 2
1990
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The First Storytellers: Power of Myth 3
1992
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Sacrifice and Bliss: Power of Myth 4
1990
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Love and the Goddess: Power of Myth 5
1992
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Masks of Eternity: Power of Myth 6
1990
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The Power of Myth
1988
The Collected Works of Joseph Campbell Books
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The Hero with a Thousand Faces
1949
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The Flight of the Wild Gander
1969
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Myths to Live By
1972
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The Inner Reaches of Outer Space
1986
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The Hero’s Journey: Joseph Campbell on His Life and Work (By: Phil Cousineau)
1990
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A Joseph Campbell Companion: Reflections on the Art of Living (With: Robert Walter, Diane K. Osbon, Diane Osbon)
1991
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Mythic Worlds, Modern Words: Joseph Campbell on the Art of James Joyce (With: Phil Cousineau, Edmund L. Epstein)
1993
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Baksheesh and Brahman: Asian Journals-India (With: Antony Van Couvering, Robin Larsen)
1995
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The Mythic Dimension: Selected Essays 1959-87 (With: Antony Van Couvering)
1997
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Mythic Imagination
1997
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Thou Art That (With: Eugene Kennedy)
2001
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Myths of Light ( By: David Kudler)
2003
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Pathways to Bliss ( By: David Kudler)
2004
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Goddesses
2013
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Romance of the Grail (With: Evans Lansing Smith)
2015
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Asian Journals: India and Japan
2017
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The Ecstasy of Being
2017
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The Thousand and One Nights (With: Anonymous, John Payne)
2017
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Correspondence: 1927–1987 (With: Evans Lansing Smith, Dennis Patrick Slattery)