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

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 The Hero's Journey," "The Role of the Artist and the Art of Storytelling," and more.