Name: The King and the Corpse: Tales of the Soul's Conquest of Evil
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Author: Joseph Campbell
ISBN: 9780691017761

portada The King and the Corpse: Tales of the Soul's Conquest of Evil

Type

Physical Book

Author

Heinrich Robert Zimmer

Illustrated by

Joseph Campbell

Publisher

Princeton University Press

Year

1971

Language

English

Pages

338

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

22.9 x 15.2 x 2.3 cm

Weight

0.45 kg.

ISBN13

9780691017761

Synopsis "The King and the Corpse: Tales of the Soul's Conquest of Evil"

Drawing from Eastern and Western literatures, Heinrich Zimmer presents a selection of stories linked together by their common concern for the problem of our eternal conflict with the forces of evil. Beginning with a tale from the Arabian Nights, this theme unfolds in legends from Irish paganism, medieval Christianity, the Arthurian cycle, and early Hinduism. In the retelling of these tales, Zimmer discloses the meanings within their seemingly unrelated symbols and suggests the philosophical wholeness of this assortment of myth.

Joseph Campbell

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(Nueva York, 1904 - Honolulú, 1987) fue, junto a Mircea Eliade, el mitólogo más importante de la segunda mitad del siglo XX. Profesor emérito de literatura en el Sarah Lawrence College de Nueva York, fue un reconocido escritor y conferenciante de temas de mitología y religiones comparadas.

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