There is in fact nothing revolutionary about the Monomyth except that it introduced the idea of a "story circle" to the English speaking world. Its popularity is likely linked to our predisposition for stories about the intellectual with a grand theory. A single hero rather than a collection of contributors.

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How Joseph Campbell’s Monomyth Tells Us Who the Badguys Are

Our culture is obsessed with heroes, and this obsession is nothing new. For thousands of years, human beings have invented devils and the gods that fight them. We have placed kings…

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The Warrior Within: a tight science fiction novella about a warrior who contains multitudes / Boing Boing

We've featured Angus McIntyre's short fiction here before (see 2015's Someone to Watch Over Me), and now I'm delighted to recommend his debut between covers: a Tor.com novella called The Warrior Within.

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