Creative Mythology
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| Author | Joseph Campbell |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Subject | Mythology |
| Published | 1968 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Pages | 730 (1968 Secker & Warburg edition) |
| ISBN | 978-0140194401 |
Creative Mythology is volume IV of The Masks of God by comparative mythologist Joseph Campbell.
Summary
Campbell writes that in "creative mythology", "the individual has had an experience of his own - of order, horror, beauty, or even mere exhilaration-which he seeks to communicate through signs; and if his realization has been of a certain depth and import, his communication will have the force and value of living myth-for those, that is to say, who receive and respond to it of themselves, with recognition, uncoerced.” Campbell gives as examples Thomas Mann and James Joyce.
References
- ↑ Campbell, Joseph (1991). Creative Mythology. Arkana. p. 4. ISBN 0-14-019440-1.
- ↑ Campbell, Creative Mythology p40
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