This newly redesigned edition of Campbell's seminal 1949 work combines the insights of modern psychology with the author's revolutionary understanding of comparative mythology. Illustrated.

Reviews

"I have returned to no other book more often since leaving college than this one, and every time I discover new insight into the human journey. Every generation will find in "Hero" wisdom for the ages."
-- Bill Moyers
"In the three decades since I discovered "The Hero with a Thousand Faces," it has continued to fascinate and inspire me. Joseph Campbell peers through centuries and shows us that we are all connected by a basic need to hear stories and understand ourselves. As a book, it is wonderful to read; as illumination into the human condition, it is a revelation."
-- George Lucas
"Campbell's words carry extraordinary weight, not only among scholars but among a wide range of other people who find his search down mythological pathways relevant to their lives today....The book for which he is most famous, "The Hero with a Thousand Faces" [is] a brilliant examination, through ancient hero myths, of man's eternal struggle for identity."
-- "Time"
"In the long run, the most influential book of the twentieth century may turn out to be Joseph Campbell's "The Hero with a Thousand Faces.""
-- Christopher Vogler