Joseph Campbell Bibliography

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A Skeleton Key to Finnegans Wake. With Henry Morton Robinson. New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1944. Last edition published in 1983 by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. Currently out of print.

The Hero With a Thousand Faces (Bollingen Series XVII). New York: Pantheon, 1949. Second edition, Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1968. Commemorative edition, Princeton University Press, 2004.

The Masks of God (4 volumes). New York: The Viking Press, 1959-1968. Volume 1: Primitive Mythology (1959). Volume 2: Oriental Mythology (1962). Volume 3: Occidental Mythology (1964). Volume 4: Creative Mythology (1968).

Flight of the Wild Gander: Explorations in the Mythological Dimension. New York: Viking Press, 1969.

Myths to Live By. New York: Viking Press, 1972.

The Mythic Image (Bollingen C). Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1974.

Tarot Revelations. With Richard Roberts. San Francisco: Alchemy Books, 1979, 1982.

Historical Atlas of World Mythology (2 volumes, 5 parts), 1983-1989. Two volumes of a projected four volume series were completed by Campbell before his death. Volume 1: The Way of the Animal Powers. New York: Alfred van der Marck Editions, 1983 (first edition). Also: New York: Harper & Row, 1989. Part 1, Mythologies of the Primitive Hunters and Gatherers. Part 2, Mythologies of the Great Hunt. Volume 2: The Way of the Seeded Earth. New York: Harper & Row, 1988. Part 1, The Sacrifice. Part 2, Mythologies of the Primitive Planters: The Northern Americas. Part 3, Mythologies of the Primitive Planters: The Middle and Southern Americas.

The Inner Reaches of Outer Space: Metaphor As Myth and As Religion. New York, NY: Alfred van der Mark Editions, 1986.

Transformations of Myth through Time. New York: HarperCollins, 1990.

Mythic Worlds, Modern Words: On the Art of James Joyce. Ed. Edmund L. Epstein. New York: HarperCollins, 1993. Second ed., Novato, Calif.: New World Library, 2004

Baksheesh and Brahman: Indian Journal 1954 - 1955. eds. Robin & Stephen Larsen and Antony Van Couvering. NY: HarperCollins, 1995. Second ed., Novato, Calif.: New World Library, 2002.

The Mythic Dimension: Selected Essays 1959 - 1987. Ed. Antony Van Couvering. HarperSanFrancisco, 1997.

Conversations with Joseph Campbell

Man and Myth: A Conversation with Joseph Campbell. Sam Keen. Psychology Today 5 (July 1971): 35-39, 86-95.

Living Myths: A Conversation with Joseph Campbell. Lorraine Kisly. Parabola 1. Spring 1976: 70-81.

The Professor with a Thousand Faces. Donald Newlove. Esquire 88. September 1977: 99-103, 132-136.

Earthrise: The Dawning of a New Spiritual Awareness. Eugene Kennedy. New York Times Magazine. April 15, 1979: 14-15, 51-56.

Elders and Guides: A Conversation with Joseph Campbell. Michael McKnight. Parabola 5. February 1980: 57-45.

An Open Life: Joseph Campbell in Conversation with Michael Toms. Eds. John M. Maher & Dennie Briggs. Burdett, NY: Larsen Publications, 1988.

Joseph Campbell and The Power of Myth with Bill Moyers. Ed. Betty Sue Flowers. New York: Doubleday, 1988.

This Business of the Gods: Joseph Campbell in Conversation with Frazer Boa. Ontario: Windrose Films, Ltd., 1989.

The Hero's Journey: Joseph Campbell on His Life and Work. Edited and with an introduction by Phil Cousineau, forward by Stuart L. Brown. San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1990. Reissued: Shaftesbury: Element, 1999. Centennial edition, with a new preface, Novato, Calif.: New World Library, 2003.

Reflections on the Art of Living: A Joseph Campbell Companion. Ed. Diane K. Osbon. New York: HarperCollins, 1991.

Works Edited by Campbell

Heinrich R. Zimmer. Myths and Symbols in Indian Art and Civilization. New York: Pantheon, 1946, 1992.

Heinrich R. Zimmer. The King and the Corpse: Tales of the Soul's Conquest of Evil. New York: Pantheon, 1948, 1993.

Heinrich R. Zimmer. Philosophies of India. New York: Pantheon, 1951, 1969. 20

Heinrich R. Zimmer. The Art of Indian Asia: Its Mythology and Transformations. Completed by Campbell. New York: Pantheon, 1955.

Carl Kerenyi. The Gods of the Greeks. New York: Thames and Hudson, 1951.

The Portable Arabian Nights. New York: Viking Press, 1952.

Maya Deren. Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti. London: Thames and Hudson, 1953.

Alan W. Watts. Myth and Ritual in Christianity. Boston: Beacon Press, 1954.

Spirit and Nature. Papers from the Eranos Yearbooks, Vol. 1. Trans. Ralph Manheim and R.F.C. Hull. New York: Pantheon, 1954, 1972, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1982.

The Mysteries. Papers from the Eranos Yearbooks, Vol. 2. Trans. Ralph Manheim and R.F.C. Hull. New York: Pantheon, 1955.

Man and Time. Papers from the Eranos Yearbooks, Vol. 3. Trans. Ralph Manheim and R.F.C. Hull. New York: Pantheon, 1957.

Spiritual Disciplines. Papers from the Eranos Yearbooks, Vol. 4. Trans. Ralph Manheim & R.F.C. Hull. New York: Pantheon, 1960.

Man and Transformation. Papers from the Eranos Yearbooks, Vol. 5. Trans. Ralph Manheim and R.F.C. Hull. New York: Pantheon, 1964, 1972, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1980.

The Mystic Vision. Papers from the Eranos Yearbooks, Vol. 6. Trans. Ralph Manheim and R.F.C. Hull. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1968.

Myths, Dreams, and Religion. New York: Dutton, 1970. Second ed.: Spring Publications, 1988.

The Portable Jung. Trans. R.F.C. Hull. New York: Viking, 1971, 1976.

In All Her Names: Explorations of the Feminine in Divinity. Edited with Charles Musès. New York: HarperCollins, 1991. Includes Campbell,s article, The Mystery Number of the Goddess.

Significant Commentaries and Articles by Campbell

Where the Two Came to Their Father: A Navaho War Ceremonial (Bollingen Series I) Told by Jeff King, text and paintings recorded by Maud Oakes, commentary by Joseph Campbell. New York: Pantheon, 1943.

Finnegan the Wake. Chimera 4. Spring 1946: 63-80.

Heinrich Zimmer (1890-1943). Partisan Review 20. July 1953: 444-451.

Renewal Myths and Rites of the Primitive Hunters and Planters in Eranos Jahrbuch 28. 1959: 407-458. Republished in The Eranos Lectures Series 9. Dallas: Spring Publications, 1989.

Basic Beliefs: The Religious Philosophies of Mankind in Hinduism. Ed. Johnson E. Fairchild. New York: Sheridan House, 1959. 54-73.

Contransmagnificandjewbangtantiality. Studies in the Literary Imagination 3. October 1970: 3-18.

Mythological Themes in Creative Literature and Art in Myths, Dreams, and Religion. Ed. Joseph Campbell. New York: Viking, 1971. 138-175.

Erotic Irony and Mythic Forms in the Art of Thomas Mann. Boston University Journal 24. 1976: 10-27. Also published as a broadside, Mill Valley, CA: Robert Briggs Associates, 1988.

Myths from West to East in Myths. Ed. Alexander Eliot. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1976; (as Universal Myths) New York: Penguin, 1990. 30-57.

The Occult in Myth and Literature in Literature and the Occult: Essays in Comparative Literature. Ed. Luanne Frank. Arlington, TX: University of Texas at Arlington, 1977. 3-18.

The Interpretation of Symbolic Forms in The Binding of Prometheus: Perspectives on Myth and the Literary Process. Ed. Marjorie W. McCune, et al. Lewisburg, PA: Bucknell University Press, 1980. 35-59.

Joseph Campbell on the Great Goddess. Parabola 5. November 1980: 74-85.

Indian Reflections in the Castle of the Grail in The Celtic Consciousness. Ed. Robert O'Driscoll. New York: George Braziller, 1982. 3-30.

Books about Joseph Campbell

Joseph Campbell: An Introduction. Robert Segal. New York: Garland, 1987. Revised edition, New York: Penguin Books, 1990.

A Fire in the Mind: The Life of Joseph Campbell . Stephen Larsen and Robin Larsen. New York: Doubleday, 1991.

Paths to the Power of Myth: Joseph Campbell and the Study of Religion. Ed. Daniel C. Noel. New York: Crossroad Publishing Co., 1990.

The Joseph Campbell Phenomenon: Implications for the Contemporary Church. Ed. Lawrence Madden. Washington D.C.: Pastoral Press, 1992.

Video Tapes

The Hero's Journey: The World of Joseph Campbell. William Free, Phil Cousineau, and Janelle Balnicke. Mythology Ltd. Mystic Fire Video, 800/446-9784.

Mythos. Volume I, 5 parts: The Shaping of Our Mythic Tradition. Volume II, 5 parts: The Shaping of the Eastern Tradition. Mystic Fire Video, 800/446-9784.

The Power of Myth. Six one-hour interviews of Joseph Campbell by Bill Moyers. Mystic Fire Video, 800/446-9784.

Transformations of Myths Through Time. Thirteen lectures by Campbell directed by Roy Cox. Out of print, but re-edited and re-issued as the Mythos series.

Wings of Art: Joseph Campbell on James Joyce. Mythology Ltd. and William Free Productions.

Sukhavati, Place of Bliss: A Mythic Journey with Joseph Campbell. Produced, directed and edited by Maxine Harris and Sheldon Rochlin. Mystic Fire Video.

Selected Audio Tapes

Joseph Campbell Audio Collection 1996-
Published by Highbridge Company.

Volume One: Mythology and the Individual
Volume Two: The Inward Journey: East and West
Volume Three: The Eastern Way
Volume Four: Man and Myth
Volume Five: Masks of Myth and God
Volume Six: The Western Quest

The World of Joseph Campbell: Transformations of Myth through Time. Highbridge Audio Catalog, 800/755-8532.

Hero With a Thousand Faces, Parts 1 and 2. An abridged reading by Ralph Blum. Audio Renaissance Publishers Book and Audio Mailing Service, 800/288-2131.

The Power of Myth. Mystic Fire Audio .

Myth & Metaphor in Society, A Conversation with Joseph Campbell and Jamake Highwater Mystic Fire Audio .

Interviews of Joseph Campbell by Michael Toms. New Dimensions Foundation, 415/563-8899.

Lectures at Esalen Institute. Big Sur Tapes (out of print).