In this climax to his great series of studies on world mythologies, Joseph Campbell examines a process which he sees as beginning in the mid-twelfth century in the West: an accelerating disintegration' of the orthodox tradition, which has resulted in release for the 'creative powers of a great company of towering individuals.' The natural context of traditional mythology is, he says, a stable society and accepted authority. Creative mythology, on the other hand, is the work of the rebellious, adventurous few, the ...
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In this climax to his great series of studies on world mythologies, Joseph Campbell examines a process which he sees as beginning in the mid-twelfth century in the West: an accelerating disintegration' of the orthodox tradition, which has resulted in release for the 'creative powers of a great company of towering individuals.' The natural context of traditional mythology is, he says, a stable society and accepted authority. Creative mythology, on the other hand, is the work of the rebellious, adventurous few, the 'challengers of hell'. It arises from individual experience, but if it has a certain depth and import, it can in communication reach the value and force of living myth'. Such is the function of the great creative thinkers and artists of the post-medieval period in Europe, from Galileo to Einstein, Shakespeare to Thomas Mann.
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Fine in fine dust jacket. A fine set in original decorative slipcase. Minor wear to dust wrapper spine tops. (ID: H420-142-5) 4 volume set. Complete in Four Volumes. Boxed Set. Primitive Mythology.5th Prntg. Feb. 1969 (1959); Oriental Mythology.5th Prntg. Feb. 1969 (1962); Occidental Mythology.4th Prntg. Feb. 1969 (1964); Creative Mythology.1st Prntg.
