Study Guide: The Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell (Unabridged‪)‬

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This audio study guide for The Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell includes detailed summary and analysis of each chapter and an in-depth exploration of the book’s multiple symbols, motifs, and themes such as myth and the unconscious, the enlightened hero and the oneness of all things, and the cyclical nature of stories. Featured content also includes commentary on major characters, 25 important quotes, essay questions, and discussion topics. 

In The Hero with a Thousand Faces, Joseph Campbell, a mythology scholar and professor of literature, presents his theory of the “monomyth” or the narrative tropes common to all storytelling traditions.

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