The Flight of the Wild Gander: Explorations in the Mythological Dimension
by Campbell, Joseph
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- 9780060969813
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A tight, clean, and unmarked copy." In-Flight of the Wild Gander, mythologist Joseph Campbell--in his first collection of essays, written between 1944 & 1968-- explores the individual & geographical origins of myth, outlining the full range of mythology from Grimm's fairy tales to American Indian legends. Originally published in 1969, this collection describes the symbolic content of stories: how they are linked to human experience & how they--along with our experiences--have changed over time. Throughout, Campbell explores the function of mythology in everyday life & the forms it may take in the future.- Focuses on the nature of myths and the significance of symbolic images to the human psyche, and discusses how the function of myths in everyday life has changed." From the Publisher: The origins and symbolism of mythology over time, as revealed by Joseph Campbell.
Synopsis
In The Flight of the Wild Gander, mythologist Joseph Campbell collected a number of his most thought-provoking early essays and forwards into a single volume. Essays include "Bios and Mythos" (on the psycho-biological sources of mythic forms and symbols), "Mythogenesis" (on the rise and fall of a single Native American legend) and "The Symbol without Meaning" (about the secularization of myths in the modern age).
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- Title
- The Flight of the Wild Gander: Explorations in the Mythological Dimension
- Author
- Campbell, Joseph
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0060969814
- ISBN 13
- 9780060969813
- Publisher
- Perennial
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 1995
- Size
- 8 vo
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