The Masks Of God, Volume 4 by Joseph Campbell
This volume explores how modern artists, writers, and thinkers act as myth-makers, creating new symbolic narratives that transform and renew traditional mythic themes to meet contemporary spiritual and existential needs. Through close readings of literature and art, it traces the psychological and cultural functions of creative imagination, showing how mythic patterns are reshaped by Romanticism and modernism in response to scientific and social change. The work argues that imaginative creation is essential for individual meaning and cultural renewal, and it maps the evolving role of myth in the modern world.
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- 1968
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