Joseph Campbell

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Joseph Campbell was an American mythologist, writer, and lecturer best known for his work on comparative mythology and the concept of the "hero's journey," which has profoundly influenced modern storytelling.

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instanceOf human
lecturer
mythologist
writer
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1904-03-26
dateOfDeath 1987-10-30
educatedAt Columbia University
Dartmouth College
employer Sarah Lawrence College NERFINISHED
familyName Campbell NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork comparative mythology
comparative religion
literary theory
genre comparative religion
literary criticism
mythology
popular psychology
givenName Joseph NERFINISHED
hasInfluenced Joseph Campbell Foundation's educational programs
hasPart The Masks of God: Creative Mythology NERFINISHED
The Masks of God: Occidental Mythology NERFINISHED
The Masks of God: Oriental Mythology NERFINISHED
The Masks of God: Primitive Mythology NERFINISHED
influenced George Lucas NERFINISHED
Star Wars franchise NERFINISHED
contemporary storytelling
modern screenwriting theory
influencedBy Arthur Schopenhauer NERFINISHED
Carl Jung NERFINISHED
Friedrich Nietzsche
James Joyce NERFINISHED
Sigmund Freud
languageOfWorkOrName English
movement Jungian psychology-influenced mythology
mythopoetic movement
notableConcept hero's journey NERFINISHED
monomyth
notableWork Myths to Live By NERFINISHED
The Hero with a Thousand Faces NERFINISHED
The Inner Reaches of Outer Space NERFINISHED
The Masks of God NERFINISHED
The Power of Myth NERFINISHED
occupation lecturer
mythologist
writer
placeOfBirth White Plains, New York, United States NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Honolulu, Hawaii, United States NERFINISHED
positionHeld professor of literature at Sarah Lawrence College
sexOrGender male
spouse Jean Erdman NERFINISHED
subjectOf television series "The Power of Myth" NERFINISHED

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Dan Harmon influencedBy Joseph Campbell
Esalen Institute hasNotableFaculty Joseph Campbell