A01=Joseph Campbell
Author_Joseph Campbell
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Product details
- ISBN 9780285640573
- Weight: 520g
- Dimensions: 134 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 01 Sep 2011
- Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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The Masks of God is the summation of Joseph Campbell's lifelong study of the origins and function of myth. In this volume, Occidental Mythology, Campbell examines the themes that underlie the art, worship and literature of the Western world.
Occidental Mythology traces European consciousness from the Levantine earth-goddesses of the Bronze Age and the subsequent tribal invasions that shaped Judaic and Greek myth before examining the influence of Persia, Rome, Islam and Christian Europe on ancient beliefs. The Masks of God traces mankind's history as a search for meaning through ideas, themes and quests of culture and religion.
Joseph Campbell was the leading authority on comparative mythology of the twentieth century. He taught at Sarah Lawrence College for most of his career and died in 1987.
