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The Hero With a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell
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really liked it
bookshelves: nonfiction, philosophy, psychology-and-cognition, history, language

Hardly the last word on stories and how they shape our lives, but a brilliant place to start.

Analyzes collective world mythologies, and boils them down into their component parts and recreating the story of our own lives - the monomyth. Incredibly interesting stuff.
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Reading Progress

April 5, 2011 – Shelved
September 16, 2011 – Started Reading
September 16, 2011 – Shelved as: nonfiction
September 16, 2011 – Shelved as: philosophy
September 16, 2011 – Shelved as: psychology-and-cognition
September 16, 2011 – Shelved as: history
September 16, 2011 – Shelved as: language
September 16, 2011 – Finished Reading

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