People from White Plains, New York: Joseph Campbell, Vanessa Rousso, Matisyahu, Tom McClintock, Alan Alda, Danger Mouse, Jennifer Rizzotti

People from White Plains, New York: Joseph Campbell, Vanessa Rousso, Matisyahu, Tom McClintock, Alan Alda, Danger Mouse, Jennifer Rizzotti

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 48. Chapters: Joseph Campbell, Vanessa Rousso, Matisyahu, Tom McClintock, Alan Alda, Danger Mouse, Jennifer Rizzotti, Chris Bohjalian, Katrina Adams, Alison Lurie, Art Monk, Craig Pruess, Beans, Alan Schwarz, Ralph Waite, Rebecca Goldstein, John York, Arnold Skaaland, Dan Duryea, Alfred Romer, Israel Hicks, Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy, Michael Dello-Russo, Newton Steers, Emil Mosbacher, Nancy Kissinger, Erin Cardillo, Ruth Cavin, Edmund Gibbons, Bruce M. Cohen, Jerry Flora, A. J. Hammer, David Hsieh, David Syrett, Top Quality, Joseph Polchinski, Shawn Walsh, John Mara, Mal Graham, Andrew Goldberg, Nate Collins, Ray Farmer, Filippo Chillemi, Dennis Morgan, Nina Arvesen. Excerpt: Joseph John Campbell (March 26, 1904 - October 30, 1987) was an American mythologist, writer and lecturer, best known for his work in comparative mythology and comparative religion. His work is vast, covering many aspects of the human experience. His philosophy is often summarized by his phrase: "Follow your bliss." American Museum of Natural HistoryJoseph Campbell was born and raised in White Plains, New York in an upper middle class Roman Catholic family. As a child Campbell became fascinated with Native American culture after his father took him to see the American Museum of Natural History in New York where he saw on display featured collections of Native American artifacts. He soon became versed in numerous aspects of Native American society, primarily in Native American mythology. This led to Campbell's lifelong passion for myth and to his study of and mapping of the cohesive threads in mythology that appeared to exist among even disparate human cultures. In 1921 he graduated from the Canterbury School in New Milford, Connecticut. While at Dartmouth College he studied biology and mathematics, but decided that he preferred the humanities. He transferred ...

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• Editora ‏ : ‎ Books LLC, Wiki Series (15 agosto 2011)
• Idioma ‏ : ‎ Inglês
• Capa comum ‏ : ‎ 50 páginas
• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1155383443
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1155383446
• Dimensões ‏ : ‎ 18.9 x 0.3 x 24.6 cm

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