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Media Practice and Education Volume 25, 2024 - Issue 2: Unravelling the Hero’s Journey - new narrative paradigms for story, semantics & the psychology of experience. Guest Editors: Roy Hanney & Alison Norrington
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Introduction

One myth to rule them all and in the darkness bind them: a critical examination of Joseph Campbell's The Hero's Journey

Roy HanneyFaculty Business Law & Digital Technology, Solent University, Southampton, United KingdomCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 113-122 | Received 18 Mar 2024, Accepted 19 Mar 2024, Published online: 25 Mar 2024

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