Flight of the Wild Gander: Explorations in the Mythological Dimension
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Flight of the Wild Gander: Explorations in the Mythological Dimension
by Campbell, Joseph
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- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/near fine
- ISBN 10
- 1577312104
- ISBN 13
- 9781577312109
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Novato: New World Library, 2002. First Thus. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. About As New in all respects. First printing, full number line. Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. From the flap:"Included are some of Campbells first groundbreaking essays: Bios and Mythos and Primitive Man as Metaphysician, both of which examine the biological basis and necessity for story and mythology, and establish mythology as a basic function or fact of nature. Campbells essay Mythogenesis turns from the natural and biological to the cultural and historical the rise, flowering, and decline of a particular myth, a single American Indian legend. Campbell explores how the myth was born, as well as the personal experiences of the visionary medicine man through whose memory the myth was preserved." Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop sensibility!
Synopsis
In The Flight of the Wild Gander, mythologist Joseph Campbell collected a number of his most thought-provoking early essays and forwards into a single volume. Essays include "Bios and Mythos" (on the psycho-biological sources of mythic forms and symbols), "Mythogenesis" (on the rise and fall of a single Native American legend) and "The Symbol without Meaning" (about the secularization of myths in the modern age).
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- The Book Shed
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- Title
- Flight of the Wild Gander: Explorations in the Mythological Dimension
- Author
- Campbell, Joseph
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus
- ISBN 10
- 1577312104
- ISBN 13
- 9781577312109
- Publisher
- New World Library
- Place of Publication
- Novato
- Date Published
- 2002
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