The Flight of the Wild Gander

Explorations in the Mythological Dimension. Selected Essays 1944-1968

By:

Joseph Campbell

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Paperback / softback

Series:

The Collected Works of Joseph Campbell

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In The Flight of the Wild Gander, renowned mythologist Joseph Campbell explores the individual and geographical origins of myth, outlining the full range of mythology from Grimm's fairy tales to Native American legends. Originally published in 1969, this first collection of Campbell's essays describes the symbolic content of stories: how they are linked to human experience and how they--along with our experiences--have changed over time. Throughout, Campbell explores the function of mythology in everyday life and the forms it may take in the future. Included are two of Campbell's first groundbreaking essays: "Bios and Mythos" and "Primitive Man As Metaphysician," both of which examine the biological basis and necessity for story and mythology, and establish mythology as a basic function or fact of human nature. Campbell explores how the myth was born, as well as the personal experiences of the visionary medicine man through whose memory the myth was preserved.

Author Biography:

Joseph Campbell is widely credited with bringing mythology to a mass audience. His works, including The Hero with a Thousand Faces, the four-volume The Masks of God, and The Power of Myth (with Bill Moyers), rank among the classics in mythology and literature.

Release date Australia

March 15th, 2018

Author

Joseph Campbell

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Pages

256

Series

The Collected Works of Joseph Campbell

ISBN-13

9781608685318

Product ID

26840675

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