Mythical trickster figures : contours, contexts, and criticisms / edited by William J. Hynes & William G. Doty.
1993
GR524 .M96 1993eb
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Title
Mythical trickster figures : contours, contexts, and criticisms / edited by William J. Hynes & William G. Doty.
ISBN
9780817382858 (electronic bk.)
0817382852 (electronic bk.)
0817305998 (alk. paper)
9780817305994 (alk. paper)
9780817308575
0817382852 (electronic bk.)
0817305998 (alk. paper)
9780817305994 (alk. paper)
9780817308575
Imprint
Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©1993.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (x, 265 pages)
Call Number
GR524 .M96 1993eb
System Control No.
(OCoLC)426526501
Summary
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 wi.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-258) and index.
Formatted Contents Note
Introducing the fascinating and perplexing trickster figure / William J. Hynes & William G. Doty
Historical overview of theoretical issues : the problem of the trickster / William G. Doty & William J. Hynes
Mapping the characteristics of mythic tricksters : a heuristic guide / William J. Hynes
A lifetime of trouble-making : Hermes as trickster / William G. Doty
The myth of the trickster : the necessary breaker of taboos / Laura Makarius
The shaman and the trickster / Mac Linscott Ricketts
The exception who proves the rules : Ananse the Akan trickster / Christopher Vecsey
West African tricksters : web of purpose, dance of delight / Robert D. Pelton
A Japanese mythic trickster figure : Susa-no-o / Robert S. Ellwood
Saint Peter : apostle transfigured into trickster / William J. Hynes & Thomas J. Steele
The moral imagination of the Kaguru : some thoughts on tricksters, translation and comparative analysis / T.O. Beidelman
Inhabiting the space between discourse and story in trickster narratives / Anne Doueihi
Inconclusive conclusions : tricksters
metaplayers and revealers / William J. Hynes.
Historical overview of theoretical issues : the problem of the trickster / William G. Doty & William J. Hynes
Mapping the characteristics of mythic tricksters : a heuristic guide / William J. Hynes
A lifetime of trouble-making : Hermes as trickster / William G. Doty
The myth of the trickster : the necessary breaker of taboos / Laura Makarius
The shaman and the trickster / Mac Linscott Ricketts
The exception who proves the rules : Ananse the Akan trickster / Christopher Vecsey
West African tricksters : web of purpose, dance of delight / Robert D. Pelton
A Japanese mythic trickster figure : Susa-no-o / Robert S. Ellwood
Saint Peter : apostle transfigured into trickster / William J. Hynes & Thomas J. Steele
The moral imagination of the Kaguru : some thoughts on tricksters, translation and comparative analysis / T.O. Beidelman
Inhabiting the space between discourse and story in trickster narratives / Anne Doueihi
Inconclusive conclusions : tricksters
metaplayers and revealers / William J. Hynes.
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. (http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212)
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Print version: Mythical trickster figures. Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©1993
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