The Flight of the Wild Gander SIGNED by Joseph Campbell

The Flight of the Wild Gander by Joseph Campbell Publishing: 1969 The Viking Press; New York Signed and Inscribed by Author on flyleaf  First Edition of Joseph Campbells first collection of essays.  Joseph Campbell was an American professor who wrote extensively on comparative mythology, specifically the concept of the monomyth, or journey of the archetypal hero that can be applied as a common template to a range of mythological narratives. He and other scholars described the narratives of Odysseus, Gautama Buddha, Moses, and Jesus Christ in terms of the monomyth. Adams’ Watership Down exhibits strong parallels to the epic themes of Homer’s Odyssey. In Flight of the Wild Gander, mythologist Joseph Campbell explores the individual and geographical origins of myth, outlining the full range of mythology from Grimm’s fairy tales to American Indian legends. Originally published in 1969, this collection describes the symbolic content of stories: how they are linked to human experience and ho