The mythic dimension
Subtitle: selected essays 1959-1987
By: Joseph Campbell ; edited by Antony Van Couvering.
Contributors: Van Couvering, Antony.
Edition: [2nd ed.].
Series: The collected works of Joseph Campbell
Publisher: New World Library
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Novato, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 348
ISBN-13: 9781577315940
Subjects: Mythology.; Myth.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 321-323) and index.
Table of contents: value: Comparative mythology as an introduction to cross-cultural studies; value: The historical development of mythology; value: Renewal myths and rites of the primitive hunters and planters; value: Johann Jacob Bachofen; value: The mystery number of the goddess; value: Creativity; value: The interpretation of symbolic forms; value: Mythological themes in creative literature and art; value: The occult in myth and literature; value: Erotic irony and mythic forms in the art of Thomas Mann.