title: Myths to Live By
author:  Joseph Campbell 
description: Joseph Campbell was interested in mythology since his childhood in New York, when he read books about American Indians, frequently visited the American Museum of Natural History, and was fascinated by the museum's collection of totem poles. He earned his B.A. and M.A. degrees at Columbia in 1925 and 1927 and went on to study medieval French and Sanskrit at the universities of Paris and Munich. After a period in California, where he encountered John Steinbeck and the biologist Ed Ricketts, he taught at the Canterbury School, then, in 1934, joined the literature department at Sarah Lawrence College, a post he retained for many years. During the 1940s and '50s, he helped Swami Nikhilananda to translate the Upanishads and <b>The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna</b>. The many books by Professor Campbell include <b>The Hero with a Thousand Faces</b>, <b>Myths to Live By</b>, <b>The Flight of the Wild Gander</b>, and <b>The Mythic Image</b>. He edited <b>The Portable Arabian Nights</b>, <b>The Portable Jung</b>, and other works. He died in 1987.
zlib_text: **Myths to Live By**
  
  by Joseph Campbell
  
  Foreword by Johnson E. Fairchild
  
   _a.b.e-book v3.0 / Notes at EOF_
  
    
    
    
  
   **Back Cover:**
  
    
  
  "There is no one quite like Joseph Campbell. . . He knows the vast sweeps of
  man's panoramic past as few men have ever known it." -- _The Village Voice_
  
    
  
  MAN THE MYTH-MAKER
  
    
  
  What is a properly functioning mythology and what are its functions? Can we
  "live by" myths today? Can they help relieve our modern anxiety, or do they
  help to foster it? In _Myths to Live By_ , Joseph Campbell explores the vital
  link of man to his myths and the way in which they can extend our human
  potential.
  
    
    
    
  
  RL 10, IL age 15 and up
  
   _This edition contains the complete text_
  
   _of the original hardcover edition._
  
  NOT ONE WORD HAS BEEN OMITTED.
  
  MYTHS TO LIVE BY
  
   _A. Bantam Book / published by arrangement with_
  
   _Viking Penguin, Inc._
  
  _PRINTING HISTORY_
  
   _Viking edition published April 1972_
  
   _The Readers' Subscription edition published 1972_
  
   _Ba