Summary: "Twenty-five years ago, renowned scholar Joseph Campbell sat down with veteran journalist Bill Moyers for a series of interviews that became one of the most enduringly popular programs ever aired on PBS. In dialogues that adroitly span millennia of history and far-flung geography, the two men discuss myths as metaphors for human experience and the path to transcendence, touching on topics as...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Acorn Media 2012
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1 available in Browsing Hot DVDs, Call number: DVD JOSVogler, Christopher
Summary: "Writers are storytellers. The best of them have utilized the principles of myth to create masterful stories that are dramatic, entertaining and psychologically true. Based on the work of Joseph Campbell, this edition provides an insider's look at how writers (both fiction and non-fiction) can utilize mythic structure to create powerful narratives. Writers will discover step by step guidelines...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Michael Wiese Productions 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808.23 VOGMouton, Deborah D. E. E. P.
Summary: "Growing up as a Black girl in America, Deborah Mouton felt alienated from the stories she learned in class. She yearned for stories she felt connected to--true ones of course--but also fables and mythologies that could help explain both the world and her place in it. What she encountered was almost always written by white writers who prospered in a time when human beings were treated as...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holt 2023
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MOUTON, DEBORAH D.E.E.P. MOUChang, Kristin
Summary: "One evening, Ma tells Daughter a story about a tiger spirit who lived in a woman's body, named Hu Gu Po. She hungered to eat children, especially their toes. Soon afterwards, Daughter awakes with a tiger tail. And more mysterious events follow: Holes in the backyard spit up letters penned by her grandmother; a visiting aunt leaves red on everything she touches; another aunt arrives with eels...
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Publisher / Publication Date: One World 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CHAClayton, Sally Pomme
Summary: "The mighty goddess reimagines myths in poetic language, putting the goddess at the centre of the narrative, exploring the many ways in which goddesses are represented."--Page [4] of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The History Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 202.114 CLAPuglionesi, Alicia
Summary: "In this examination of landscape and memory, four sites of American history are revealed as places where historical truth was written over by oppressive fiction-with profound repercussions for politics past and present. Popular narratives of American history conceal as much as they reveal. They present a national identity based on harvesting the treasures that lay in wait for European...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973 PUGCampbell, Joseph
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Publisher / Publication Date: Element Books 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 291.13 CAMShippey, Tom.
Summary: "The Road to Middle-earth, Tom Shippey's classic work, now revised and expanded in paperback explores J. R. R. Tolkien's creativity and the sources of his inspiration. Shippey shows in detail how Tolkien's professional background led him to write The Hobbit and create a timeless charm for millions of readers. He argues convincingly that the source of Tolkien's inspiration lay not just in his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Co. 2003
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum 1985
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.072 SLOArmstrong, Karen
Summary: Human beings have always been mythmakers. Theologian Armstrong here investigates myth: what it is, how it has evolved, and why we still so desperately need it. She takes us from the Paleolithic period and the myths of the hunters, up to the Great Western Transformation of the last five hundred years and the discrediting of myth by science. The history of myth is the history of humanity, our...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Canongate 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 398.209 ARMCampbell, Joseph
Summary: A collection of conversations, interviews, speeches, and book quotes that provide insight into the thinking of philosopher and writer Joseph Campbell.
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Publisher / Publication Date: New World Library 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 200 CAMBrisson, Luc.
Summary: The word myth is commonly thought to mean a fictional story, but few know that Plato was the first to use the term muthos in that sense. He also used muthos to describe the practice of making and telling stories, the oral transmission of all that a community keeps in its collective memory. In the first part of Plato the Myth Maker, Luc Brisson reconstructs Plato's multifaceted description of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Chicago Press 1999
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Publisher / Publication Date: Continuum 1993
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 291.13 ELIVogler, Christopher
Summary: This edition of the well-known text on the connection between mythology and storytelling contains a revised chapter on the Star Wars series, new illustrations and diagrams, and new chapters (presented in the appendices) on life force operating in stories, the mechanism of polarity in storytelling, the wisdom of the body, catharsis, and other concepts. The book is meant for all types of writers...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Michael Wiese Productions 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808.2 VOGBailie, Gil.
Summary: Shows how the system of sacred violence at the heart of the conventional culture is being undermined by the bibical tradition, especially the Gospel.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crossroad Pub. 1997
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Publisher / Publication Date: ISI Books 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 828.912 BIRSummary: When celebrated scholar Joseph Campbell sat down with veteran journalist Bill Moyers for a discussion about his life's work, the nation was captivated. The series brought Campbell's theories into popular culture and led to a bestselling companion book. Includes six episodes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Athena 2010
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperPerennial 1990
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 291.13 CAMCampbell, Joseph
Summary: An exhilarating journey into the mind and spirit of Joseph Campbell, aa remarkable man, a legendary teacher, and a masterful storyteller, conducted by TV journalist Bill Moyers in the acclaimed PBS series
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Publisher / Publication Date: Playaway Digital Audio 0000
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA 291.13 CAMEatwell, Piu Marie.
Summary: Examines the accuracy and falsehood of beliefs English-speakers hold about France and the French in such areas as food, women, sex, sanitation, manners, history, culture, the city of Paris, vacations, and foreign relations.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Press 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 944 EATSummary: Theologians, psychologists, academics, feminists, and fantasists offer humor, insight, and fresh perspectives on the enchanting and beloved Chronicles of Narnia series. Such contributors as fantasists Sarah Zettel and Lawrence Watt-Evans, children's literature scholar Naomi Wood, and C. S. Lewis scholars Colin Duriez and Joseph Pearce discuss topics such as J. R. R. Tolkien and Middle Earth's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Benbella Books 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 823.912 REVCampbell, Joseph
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperSanFrancisco 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 291.13 CAMCampbell, Joseph
Summary: Publisher description: The Power Of Myth launched an extraordinary resurgence of interest in Joseph Campbell and his work. A preeminient scholar, writer, and teacher, he has had a profound influence on millions of people. To him, mythology was the "song of the universe, the music of the spheres." With Bill Moyers, one of America's most prominent journalists, as his thoughtful and engaing...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 1988
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Legend CampbellKaplan, Matt
Summary: "From the author of The Science of Monsters, this engaging scientific inquiry provides a definitive look into the elements of mystical places and magical object--from the philosopher's stone, to love potions to the oracles--from ancient history, mythology, and contemporary culture. Can migrations of birds foretell our future? Do phases of the moon hold sway over our lives? Are there sacred...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2015