Joseph Campbell Reading List

Explore the essential Joseph Campbell reading list featuring his greatest works on mythology, hero's journey, and comparative religion. Discover must-read books by Campbell for profound insights into human storytelling and cultural myths.

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Prometheus Bound

by Aeschylus

A new translation of Prometheus bound with extant fragments of the lost Prometheus plays.
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The Interpretation of Dreams

by Sigmund Freud

The classic study of dream analysis that marked the beginning of psychoanalysis.
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The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales

 

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Zen in the Art of Archery

by Eugen Herrigel

A classic work on Eastern philosophy, and a charming, deeply illuminating story of one man’s experience with Zen. Eugen Herrigel, a German professor of Philosophy in Tokyo, took up the study of archery as a step toward an understanding of Zen Buddhism. This book is the account of the six years he spent as a student of one of Japan’s great kyudo (archery) masters, and of how he gradually overcame his initial inhibitions and began to feel his way toward new truths and ways of seeing.
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The Metamorphoses of Ovid

by Ovid

Through Mandelbaum's poetic artistry, this gloriously entertaining achievement of literature-classical myths filtered through the worldly and far from reverent sensibility of the Roman poet Ovid-is revealed anew. " An] extraordinary translation...brilliant" (Booklist). With an Introduction by the Translator.
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Oedipus tyrannus

 

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The Art of War

by Sun Tzu

Widely regarded as "The Oldest Military Treatise in the World," this landmark work covers principles of strategy, tactics, maneuvering, communication, and supplies; the use of terrain, fire, and the seasons of the year; the classification and utilization of spies; the treatment of soldiers, including captives, all have a modern ring to them.
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The Secret of the Golden Flower

by Richard Wilhelm

An ancient Taoist text rediscovered by Richard Wilhelm, who recognized it as essentially a practical guide to the integration of personality.
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Beowulf

by Seamus Heaney

Presents a new translation of the Anglo-Saxon epic chronicling the heroic adventures of Beowulf, the Scandinavian warrior who saves his people from the ravages of the monster Grendel and Grendel's mother.
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