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Creator:
Zimmer, Heinrich Robert, 1890–1943
Title(s):
The king and the corpse; tales of the soul's conquest of evil; ed. by Joseph Campbell.
Published/Created:
[New York] Pantheon Books [1948]
Physical Description:
ix, 316 p. illus. 24 cm.
Holdings:
Reference Library
Founder''s Room
Accessible in the Reference Library [Hours]
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Classification:
Books
Subject Terms:
Folklore.
Contributors:
Campbell, Joseph, 1904–1987.
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