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American mythologist, writer, and lecturer (1904–1987)

For other uses, see Joseph Campbell (disambiguation).

Joseph John Campbell (March 26, 1904 – October 30, 1987) was an American writer.

He was a professor of literature at Sarah Lawrence College who worked in comparative mythology and comparative religion.

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His work covers many aspects of the human condition. Campbell's best-known work is his book The Hero with a Thousand Faces (1949), in which he discusses his theory of the journey of the archetypalhero shared by world mythologies, termed the monomyth.

Since the publication of The Hero with a Thousand Faces, Campbell's theories have been applied by a wide variety of modern writers and artists. His philosophy has been summarized by his own often repeated phrase: "Follow your bliss."^[6] He gained recognition in Hollywood when George Lucas credited Campbell's work as influencing his Star Wars saga.

Campbell's approach to folklore topics