The Hero's Journey
- ISBN-10
- 0791098036
- ISBN-13
- 9780791098035
- Series
- The Hero's Journey
- Category
- Heroes in literature
- Pages
- 242
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009-01-01
- Publisher
- Infobase Publishing
- Authors
- Harold Bloom, Blake Hobby
Description
Explores the literary theme of the hero's journey in twenty essays covering works by authors as varied as Virgil and Maxine Hong Kingston.
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- 2014-03-11
- 352 pages
- Paperback
- Collected Works of Joseph Campbell
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