Neil Gaiman's The Sandman and Joseph Campbell: In Search of the Modern Myth

Neil Gaiman's The Sandman and Joseph Campbell: In Search of the Modern Myth
ISBN-10
159224212X
ISBN-13
9781592242122
Category
Biography & Autobiography
Pages
152
Language
English
Published
2003
Publisher
Wildside Press LLC
Author
Stephen Rauch

Description

The first scholarly book-length examination of the work of comics legend Neil Gaiman includes detailed analysis of his best-selling "Sandman" and "Death" series, a look at his work's relationship to Joseph Campbell, and such topics as "Living in a Desacralized World," "The Relationship of Dreams and Myth in Campbell, Jung, and Gaiman's Sandman," "Humanization, Change, and Rebirth: The Hero's Journey," "The Role of the Artist and the Art of Storytelling," and more. A fascinating journey behind the comics work of one of the most interesting and challenging popular writers of today, Neil Gaiman's The Sandman and Joseph Campbell: In Search of the Modern Myth is the book which Gaiman's fans have been waiting for!

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