Wanderings (Esingle from Correspondence)
Description
A portrait of the mythologist as a young man
The opening section of the exciting collection of Joseph Campbell’s selected letters, Correspondence: 1927—1987, this fascinating follows the fledgling scholar from his early, exciting days as a graduate student in 1920s Paris to his life-changing stay working on the California coast and beyond. Through his correspondence with two of his closest friends, artist Angela Gregory and scientist Eddie Ricketts (the model for “Doc” in John Steinbeck’s Cannery Row), these letters show Joseph Campbell’s evolution as a unique student of a field that bridges both science and art, the new field of comparative mythology. They also show a glimpse of some of the amazing characters Campbell was fortunate to rub shoulders with, from sculptor Antoine Bourdelle and philosopher Jiddu Krishnamurti to author John Steinbeck and composer John Cage.
