About this title: 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.
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Description: Good. 1971-Paperback----Used-Good-Hall Street Books proudly ships from Brooklyn, NY. All orders are processed and shipped within 24 hours, M-F. 100% money back No-Worry guarantee with expedited delivery and delivery confirmation available. read more
Edition: Second Printing
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey
Date Published: 1973
ISBN-13:9780691017761ISBN:069101776X
Description: Illustrated. Good. No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Bollingen Series XI. Clean interior, good binding, rubbing and wear to the cover. read more
Edition: Tenth Printing, for the Mythos Series
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Bollingen Foundation, Princeton, New Jersey, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780691017761ISBN:069101776X
Description: Very Good. No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 337pp. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780691017761ISBN:069101776X
Description: Very Good in None jacket. Size: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall; Ninth printing. The book is tight and clean, with a little very light shelfwear and very clean text. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Date Published: 1973
ISBN-13:9780691017761ISBN:069101776X
Description: Very Good. Clean Copy, No Remiander Mark, Unbroken Spine, Light Surface Shelf Rubbing on Cover, Water Mark on A Few Pages, Price Stamp on Flyleaf, Priority Shipping recommended for prompt delivery by USPS when offered, Delivery Confirmation on all domestic items where available. read more
Description: Bollingen Series #11: The King and the Corpse: Tales of the Soul's Conquest of Evil. Princeton Univ Press, Princeton, NJ [published date: 1970] Hardcover. Book has some minor evidence of water exposure on bottom near spine, and also barely visible on top, some minor faint cover marks, otherwise pages are very clean and book overall is in very good condition. The condition is not very bad if you aren't picky about minor book condition flaws. No dust jacket. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Date Published: 1971-11-01
ISBN-13:9780691017761ISBN:069101776X
Description: Like New. Like new softcover in excellent condition, non-smoking home, clean text, binding tight, no writing, Christian business. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr
Date Published: 1968
Description: A wonderful copy with some minor edgewear to the cover. Dust Jacket may have chips and close tears. -, Hard Cover, Very Good / Good. read more
Description: Ex-library with usual marks, else VG condition. Edited by Joseph Campbell. Second edition with index. (Bollingen Series XI. ) NY: Pantheon, 1957. 338pp. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Princeton University Press for the Bollingen Foundation, Princeton and Washington
Date Published: 1968
Description: ix, 338p., editor's foreword, footnotes, index, illustrations, good second printing of the second edition, pink and black cloth casebinding gilt, in very worn dj. (Bollingen Series XI) read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Bollingen
Date Published: 1956
Description: Very Good + Bollingen series XI. Second printing. Edited by Joseph Campbell. VG+. Hardcover, black and red cloth, no DJ, 338 pp, b&w illustrations, light edgewear with faded cloth, otherwise a clean and tight copy. read more
"Edited by Joseph Campbell. This book was prepared for publication by Joseph Campbell from extensive notes left by Heinrich Zimmer at the time of his premature death.. This book consists of Part 1, A Pagan Hero and Christian Saint; Four romances from the cycle of King Arthur and the King and the Corpse, and then part 11, Four episodes from the Romance of the Goddess and The Sipra Shore .Also illustrations from plates"
"Not only is this a rare book but there is no other book like it. If one had to reduce the world’s books to the smallest number possible, this would have to be on the list. It is much more than the title and subtitle indicate. If art exists to delight and instruct and elevate the soul, this is confirmation of that—both in the writing itself and in the content and vision. The writer is a true lover of Story, a raconteur, and dilettante in the best sense of the words. He demonstrates in a running analysis the depth of a handful of stories from “Abu Kasem’s Slippers” to Arthurian legend and Indian myth how Story can be the expression not only of our highest self and the culture from which it arises but of Man’s search for meaning and relationship to the whole of Being. But I do Zimmer a great injustice by trying to encapsulate his essence. The book stands by itself and speaks for itself timelessly. After you’ve read it, you will feel much more whole and wonder where you have been, why no educator told you of it, and how one can live a truly happy life without having read it."
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