Author : Kenneth L. Golden
Release : 2021-04-14
Genre : Literary Criticism
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 198/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Uses of Comparative Mythology by : Kenneth L. Golden
Download or read book Uses of Comparative Mythology written by Kenneth L. Golden. This book was released on 2021-04-14. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection, first published in 1992, offers critical-interpretive essays on various aspects of the work of Joseph Campbell (1904-1987), one of a very few international experts on myth. Joseph Campbell examines myths and mythologies from a comparative point of view, and he stresses those similarities among myths the world over as they suggest an existing, transcendent unity of all humankind. His interpretations foster an openness, even a generous appreciation of, all myths; and he attempts to generate a broad, sympathetic understanding of the role of these 'stories' in human history, in our present-day lives, and in the possibilities of our future.
