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Joseph Campbell
Joseph John Campbell was an American writer. He was a professor of literature at Sarah Lawrence College who worked in comparative mythology and comparative religion. His work covers many aspects of the human condition. Campbell's best-known work is his book The Hero with a Thousand Faces (1949), in which he discusses his theory of the journey of the archetypal hero shared by world mythologies, ter…
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culture · American mythologist, writer, and lecturer (1904–1987) · mythologist · translator · university teacher · writer · anthropologist · orator · ethnologist · researcher · lecturer · short story writer · also Joseph Campbell, Joseph John Campbell, Joseph Cambell, Campbell
Born 26 March 1904 · Died 30 October 1987 · Q295516
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2026· 4 entries
La Nación: W. Joseph Campbell: “Es simplista creer que solo la prensa destapó Watergate”
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CityNews Winnipeg: Joseph Robert Campbell homicide: suspect arrested, charged
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Encyclopaedia Britannica: Joseph Campbell | Biography, Books, & Facts
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2020· 10 entries
Published video “Mythology's Song - That's Life”.
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Published video “The First Function of Mythology”.
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Published video “Myths Give Inspiration for Aspiration”.
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Published video “The Second Function of Mythology”.
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Published video “As Above So Below - The Cosmic Order as Inspiratio”.
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Published video “Out of Death Comes Life - The Plant World as Inspi”.
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Published video “The Animal World - Humankind's First Inspiration”.
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Published video “Old Age and Death”.
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Published video “The Awesome Mystery of Being”.
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Published video “The Mythology for Today - The Other as Inspiration”.
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2015· 1 entry
Published “A global reference for human genetic variation” in Nature — cited 17,880 times.
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1999· 1 entry
Called the Mythology of Star Wars with George Lucas & Bill Moyers to further discuss the impact of Campbell's work on Lucas' films
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1991· 2 entries
Campbell's longtime friend and editor, Robert Walter, and Campbell's widow, choreographer Jean Erdman, created the Joseph Campbell Foundation
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Masson also accused Campbell of "hidden anti-Semitism" and "fascination with conservative, semifascistic views"
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1988· 2 entries
The year following Campbell's death
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Six months following Campbell's death, "Follow your bliss" was a philosophy that resonated deeply with the American public – both religious and secular
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1987· 2 entries
Died 1987-10-30.
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Follows Campbell's personal quest – a pathless journey of questioning, discovery, and ultimately of joy in a life to which he said, "Yes
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1986· 1 entry
Observing, "Everyone has just lost themselves in everybody else here
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1984· 1 entry
Campbell gave a lecture at the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco, with Lucas in the audience, who was introduced through their mutual friend Barbara McClintock
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1983· 1 entry
However, that Lucas met Campbell or heard any of his lectures
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1977· 1 entry
That its story was shaped, in part, by ideas described in The Hero with a Thousand Faces and other works of Campbell's
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1972· 1 entry
Campbell retired from Sarah Lawrence College, after having taught there for 38 years
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1949· 1 entry
As Campbell's first foray as a solo author; it established his name outside of scholarly circles and remains, arguably, his most influential work to this day
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1938· 1 entry
Married one of his former students, the dancer-choreographer Jean Erdman
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1934· 1 entry
Campbell accepted a position as professor of literature at Sarah Lawrence College in Yonkers, New York
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1933· 1 entry
At the Canterbury School in Connecticut, during which time he also attempted to publish works of fiction
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1929· 2 entries
Campbell expressed a desire to pursue the study of Sanskrit and modern art in addition to medieval literature
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Studied at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (1928–1929).
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1928· 1 entry
Studied at University of Paris (1927–1928).
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1927· 2 entries
Received a fellowship from Columbia University to study in Europe
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Studied at Columbia University, Master of Arts (1925–1927).
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1925· 2 entries
And a Master of Arts in medieval literature in 1927
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Studied at Columbia University, Bachelor of Arts (1925).
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1924· 1 entry
Campbell traveled to Europe with his family
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1921· 3 entries
Studied at Canterbury School (1921).
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Campbell graduated from the Canterbury School in New Milford, Connecticut
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Studied at Dartmouth College (1921).
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1919· 1 entry
A fire destroyed the family home in New Rochelle, killing his maternal grandmother and injuring his father, who tried to save her
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1904· 2 entries
The elder son of hosiery importer and wholesaler Charles William Campbell, from Waltham, Massachusetts, and Josephine (née Lynch), from New York
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Born 1904-03-26.
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