Myths to Live By

Myths to Live By

Cover of the first edition
Author	Joseph Campbell
Country	United States
Language	English
Subject	Mythology
Published	1972 (Viking)
Pages	287 (1973 Bantam edition)
ISBN	ISBN:978-0140194616

Myths to Live By is a 1972 book, a collection of essays, originally given as lectures at the Cooper Union Forum, by mythologist Joseph Campbell between 1958 and 1971. The work has an introduction by Johnson E. Fairchild.

The deep power of myth on the inner, spiritual lives of human beings throughout the ages (including our own age) is the common theme running throughout all the essays in the collection. Campbell explains the differences between western and oriental myths and rites. He shows how fundamental universal thoughts are adapted to local requirements of legitimation. A typical form of adaptation of the hero is the American image of the lone rider who dispels evil.^[1]

Publication history

• Viking Press, New York, 1972, ISBN:978-0-14-019461-6
• Paladin Press, London, 1985, ISBN:978-0-586-08528-8
• Bantam Books, New York, 1988, ISBN:978-0-553-27088-4
• Penguin Books, Australia, 1993, ISBN:978-0-14-019461-6
• Souvenir Press, London, 2000, ISBN:978-0-285-64731-2
• Joseph Campbell Foundation, 2011, (ebook) ISBN:978-1-61178-000-0

References

External links

• Summary from the Joseph Campbell Foundation

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