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rothgar's review against another edition
Was very focused on his life and not as much what he taughtÂ
sheamcc2's review against another edition
3.0
DONT FOLLOW THIS AS A WRITING MANUEL ITS BASICALLY A WHITE PERSON'S ATTEMPT TO FIND COMMONALITIES IN HERO MYTHS.
shannasbookshelf's review against another edition
5.0
I can honestly say that I LOVE Joseph Campbell and his works. He is such an intriguing man, and he’s never failed to interest me. This quite the insight into his life and works, and it was an enjoyable read. I really want to read more of his works once I get my hands on more.
mashygpig's review against another edition
3.0
I read this more to get background on him before reading some archival material on him relating to John Steinbeck. I think it would have been more useful had I read other Campbell works or listened to the film this was made from.
He definitely has good ideas and is on to something on the universality of myths, but a lot of the time he comes off sounding more fantastical than grounded.
He definitely has good ideas and is on to something on the universality of myths, but a lot of the time he comes off sounding more fantastical than grounded.
clairewords's review against another edition
4.0
Excerpts from interviews have Joseph Campbell in conversation with others inspired by him.
Read in preparation for a course I'm doing in 'spiritual phyto'essencing' based on the theme of the hero's journey.
Will follow up with The Hero with a Thousand Faces, his theory of the archetypal hero in ancient mythology.
Read in preparation for a course I'm doing in 'spiritual phyto'essencing' based on the theme of the hero's journey.
Will follow up with The Hero with a Thousand Faces, his theory of the archetypal hero in ancient mythology.
tiegz's review against another edition
4.0
Had some great moments and anecdotes about Campbell and his life, but I enjoyed Power of Myth more as an interview with him.
benedward's review against another edition
2.0
I havent read any of Campbell's books. I thought this might be a good introduction to him to see where to start, and it was. The reason for my low rating is the format of the book, its scraps of interview material that didnt make it into the heroes journey. It does provide a coherent narrative, but it never quite gets over the "cobbled together" feeling.
wyvernfriend's review against another edition
4.0
There are some great bits in this but there is also some appallingly sexist moments.
He did some great work looking at the Hero's journey from the point of view of a man, and what he wrote was seminal, but he just didn't see stories that had women's journeys, maybe because they weren't recorded, maybe because, in the past, it was more important for a woman to remain at home and keep the next generation stable and continuing than go on a journey.
The biggest problem is that now, this is the monomyth, the core that many writers can't see beyond, inversion of roles, changes of roles, he did say that there would be new myths built of our culture, I haven't seen many more than the ones he was starting to identify that centred around money.
Interesting look at some of his ideas.
He did some great work looking at the Hero's journey from the point of view of a man, and what he wrote was seminal, but he just didn't see stories that had women's journeys, maybe because they weren't recorded, maybe because, in the past, it was more important for a woman to remain at home and keep the next generation stable and continuing than go on a journey.
The biggest problem is that now, this is the monomyth, the core that many writers can't see beyond, inversion of roles, changes of roles, he did say that there would be new myths built of our culture, I haven't seen many more than the ones he was starting to identify that centred around money.
Interesting look at some of his ideas.
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