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Mythical Trickster Figures: Contours, Contexts, and Criticisms (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780817308575)
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xThe first substantial collection of essays about the trickster since 1955
Mythical Trickster Figures, is the first substantial collection of essays about the trickster to appear since Radin's 1955 The Trickster. Contributions by leading scholars treat a wide range of manifestations of this mischievous character, ranging from the Coyote of the American Southwest to such African figures as Eshu-Elegba and Ananse, the Japanese Susa-no-o, the Greek Hermes, Christian adaptations of Saint Peter, and examples found in contemporary American fiction and drama. The many humorous trickster stories included are fascinating in themselves, but Hynes and Doty also highlight the wide range of features of the trickster--the figure whose comic appearance often signifies that the most serious cultural values are being both challenged and enforced.Author: William J. Hynes
ISBN-10: 0817308571
ISBN-13: 9780817308575
Publisher: University Alabama Press
Language: English
Published: 01/30/1997
Pages: 328
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.97lbs
Size: 8.98h x 6.00w x 0.70d
By William J. Hynes
xWilliam J. Hynes is Vice President for Academic Affairs and Professor of Religious Studies at Saint Mary's College of California.
William G. Doty is Professor of Religious Studies at The University of Alabama and the author of Mythography: The Study of Myths and Rituals also published by The University of Alabama Press.Recently Viewed Products
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