Item #65595 The Flight of the Wild Gander, Explorations in the Mythological Dimension. Joseph CAMPBELL.

The Flight of the Wild Gander, Explorations in the Mythological Dimension.

New York, NY: Viking Press, 1969. First US Edition Thus. Hardcover. Octavo. viii + 248pp. Red cloth with gilt title, etc. to spine and illustration in blind to upper cover, b&w illustrations, reference notes and index. From the publisher: "Campbell explores the individual and geographical origins of myth, outlining the full range of mythology from Grimm’s fairy tales to Native American legends. This first collection of Campbell’s essays describes the symbolic content of stories: how they are linked to human experience and how they—along with our experiences—have changed over time. Throughout, Campbell explores the function of mythology in everyday life and the forms it may take in the future. Included are two of Campbell’s 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 human nature. 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." Very light shelf wear - a tight, clean and unmarked VG+ copy in VG+ dust jacket. ( Dust jacket a little rubbed, edges lightly chafed and creased, price clipped. Now protected by removable mylar cover.). Item #65595

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