Campbell, Joseph (1879-1944)

Irish poet. Born in Belfast, he emigrated to New York after the Irish Civil War (1922-23), but returned in 1935 to live in County Wicklow. Under the influence of Douglas Hyde and the Irish literary revival he began collecting folk songs, being strongly attracted to the Ulster folk tradition. Among his publications are The Gilly of Christ (1907), Irishry (1913), Earth of Cualann (1917), and Complete Poems (1963).

Campbell, Joseph (1904-1987)

US mythologist and educator. He wrote analyses of comparative mythology, such as The Hero with a Thousand Faces (1949), and the four-volume Masks of God (1959-68).

He was born in New York City. He was a professor of literature at Sarah Lawrence College 1934-72. Although his scholarship has been criticized, he attained the status of a virtual guru through a series of television interviews by Bill Moyers in 1985-86.