Mythical Trickster Figures: Contours, Contexts, and Criticisms - Couverture souple

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ISBN 10 : 0817308571 ISBN 13 : 9780817308575

Editeur : The University of Alabama Press, 1997

Synopsis

The 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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

William 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.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: The University of Alabama Press
• Date d'édition: 1997
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0817308571
• ISBN 13: 9780817308575
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 280
• Éditeur: Hynes William J., Doty William G.
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