Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman and Joseph Campbell: In Search of the Modern Myth

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The first scholarly book-length examination of the work of comics legend Neil Gaiman includes detailed analysis of his best-selling ‘Sandman’ and ‘Death’ series, a look at his work’s relationship to Joseph Campbell, and such topics as ‘Living in a Desacralized World,’ ‘The Relationship of Dreams and Myth in Campbell, Jung, and Gaiman’s Sandman,’ ‘Humanization, Change, and Rebirth: The Hero’s Journey,’ ‘The Role of the Artist and the Art of Storytelling,’ and more.