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Valuable introductions to Campbell’s life and work are Stephen Larsen and Robin Larsen, A Fire in the Mind: The Life of Joseph Campbell (1991, reissued as Joseph Campbell: A Fire in the Mind: The Authorized Biography, 2002); Robert A. Segal, Joseph Campbell: An Introduction, rev. ed. (1990); Kenneth Golden (ed.), Uses of Comparative Mythology: Essays on the Work of Joseph Campbell (1992); and Daniel C. Noel (ed.), Paths to the Power of Myth: Joseph Campbell and the Study of Religion (1990). John H. Maher and Dennie Brigges (compilers and eds.), An Open Life: Joseph Campbell in Conversation with Michael Toms (1988), is an autobiographical treatment of his life.

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Modified link of Web site: Official Site of Joseph Campbell Foundation. Jun 27, 2024
Anniversary information added. Mar 22, 2024
First paragraph modernization. Feb 20, 2024
Anniversary information added. Oct 26, 2023
Add new Web site: Dictionary of Irish Biography - Joseph Campbell. May 28, 2023
Add new Web site: AllPoetry - Biography of Joseph Campbell. Mar 13, 2018
Add new Web site: Official Site of Joseph Campbell Foundation. Mar 13, 2018
Added cross-references. Oct 11, 2017
Article revised to list Campbell's death date as October 30, 1987. Jan 31, 2012
Article revised and updated. Sep 09, 2011
Added image of Joseph Campbell in 1985. Sep 09, 2011
Media added. May 07, 2009
New bibliography added. Nov 26, 2008
New article added. Nov 26, 2008
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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