The Hero with a Thousand Faces

The Hero with a Thousand Faces
	Cover of the third printing, 1972
Author	Joseph Campbell
Language	English
Subject	Mythology
Published	1949 (Pantheon Books); 1968 (2nd ed.); 2008 (3rd ed.);
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (hardcover and paperback)
ISBN	978-1-57731-593-3
Dewey Decimal	201/.3 22
LC Class	BL313 .C28 2008

The Hero with a Thousand Faces (first published in 1949) is a work of comparative mythology by Joseph Campbell, in which the author discusses his theory of the mythological structure of the journey of the archetypal hero found in world myths.

Since the publication of The Hero with a Thousand Faces, Campbell's theory has been consciously applied by a wide variety of modern writers and artists. Filmmaker George Lucas acknowledged Campbell's theory in mythology, and its influence on the Star Wars films.^[1]

The Joseph Campbell Foundation and New World Library issued a new edition of The Hero with a Thousand Faces in July 2008 as part of the Collected Works of Joseph Campbell series of books, audio and video recordings. In 2011, Time named it among the 100 most influential books written in English since 1923.^[2]

^ Joseph Campbell, The Hero's Journey: Joseph Campbell on His Life and Work, 3rd edition, Phil Cousineau, editor. Novato, California: New World Library, 2003, pp. 186–187.
^ "Ideas: The Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell". Time. August 30, 2011.

[1] Joseph Campbell, The Hero's Journey: Joseph Campbell on His Life and Work, 3rd edition, Phil Cousineau, editor. Novato, California: New World Library, 2003, pp. 186–187.

[2] "Ideas: The Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell". Time. August 30, 2011.

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