More years ago than I care to remember, I was assigned Joseph Campbell's
The Hero with a Thousand Faces for a humanities class. Sadly I was majoring in engineering, and study time was tight, and I didn't give
Hero the attention it deserved. But I still remember I liked it.
Now Campbell's
The Power of Myth, which appears to be an edited transcript of the many hours of interviews he did with Bill Moyers for the PBS series of the same name, is on sale for $1.99 in the US (Kindle and Kobo) and £1.49 in the UK. (At least through the length of the sample, it's a transcript.) I would expect this to be pretty interesting too, at least the sample is, although I'm not sure I've ever read something this long in this kind of format before.
Kindle US:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/product/B004QZACH6/
Kobo US:
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/the-power-of-myth
Kindle UK:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B004QZACH6/
Spoiler:
Quote:
The Power of Myth launched an extraordinary resurgence of interest in Joseph Campbell and his work. A preeminent scholar, writer, and teacher, he has had a profound influence on millions of people--including Star Wars creator George Lucas. To Campbell, mythology was the “song of the universe, the music of the spheres.” With Bill Moyers, one of America’s most prominent journalists, as his thoughtful and engaging interviewer, The Power of Myth touches on subjects from modern marriage to virgin births, from Jesus to John Lennon, offering a brilliant combination of intelligence and wit.
This extraordinary book reveals how the themes and symbols of ancient narratives continue to bring meaning to birth, death, love, and war. From stories of the gods and goddesses of ancient Greece and Rome to traditions of Buddhism, Hinduism and Christianity, a broad array of themes are considered that together identify the universality of human experience across time and culture. An impeccable match of interviewer and subject, a timeless distillation of Campbell’s work, The Power of Myth continues to exert a profound influence on our culture.
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