A Fire in the Mind: The Life of Joseph Campbell

Stephen Larsen, Author, Robin Larsen, Joint Author, Larsen, Author Anchor Books $27 (684p) ISBN 978-0-385-26636-9

Tinged with reverence, this monumental but inert biography loosely measures Joseph Campbell's thought and achievements against his own self-defined quest for a personal mythos. Photos. (Jan.)

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