{"product_id":"the-power-of-myth-9780385418867","title":"The Power of Myth","description":"\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER - An extraordinary book that reveals how the themes and symbols of ancient narratives continue to bring meaning to birth, death, love, and war. \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Power of Myth \u003c\/i\u003elaunched an extraordinary resurgence of interest in Joseph Campbell and his work. A preeminent scholar, writer, and teacher, he has had a profound influence on millions of people--including Star Wars creator George Lucas. To Campbell, mythology was the \"song of the universe, the music of the spheres.\" With Bill Moyers, one of America's most prominent journalists, as his thoughtful and engaging interviewer, \u003ci\u003eThe Power of Myth\u003c\/i\u003e touches on subjects from modern marriage to virgin births, from Jesus to John Lennon, offering a brilliant combination of intelligence and wit. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom stories of the gods and goddesses of ancient Greece and Rome to traditions of Buddhism, Hinduism and Christianity, a broad array of themes are considered that together identify the universality of human experience across time and culture. An impeccable match of interviewer and subject, a timeless distillation of Campbell's work, \u003ci\u003eThe Power of Myth\u003c\/i\u003e continues to exert a profound influence on our culture. \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJOSEPH CAMPBELL (1904-87) began his career in 1934 as an instructor at Sarah Lawrence College, where he taught for almost forty years, and where the Joseph Campbell Chair in Comparative Mythology was established in his honor. He is the author of numerous books, including the bestselling \u003ci\u003eThe Hero with a Thousand Faces\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Bill Moyers is an acclaimed journalist, widely respected for his work both at CBS News and at PBS. One of his primary efforts has been to bring to television outstanding thinkers of our time, most recently in the immensely popular and highly celebrated PBS series and bestselling book \u003ci\u003eA World of Ideas\u003c\/i\u003e. His conversations with Joseph Campbell were one of the highlights of television programming in the 1980s. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Betty Sue Flowers teaches poetry and myth at the University of Texas at Austin. She is the author and coauthor of several books, including\u003ci\u003e Browning and the Modern Tradition\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFour Shields of Power\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eDaughters and Fathers\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Anchor Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50583948886290,"sku":"9780385418867","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_8304e2ba-2312-4d96-a7ab-a9b5aad083bb.jpg?v=1732032405","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-power-of-myth-9780385418867","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}