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Book SynopsisAt once criminal and saviour, clown and creator, antagonist and mediator, the character of trickster has made frequent appearances in works by writers the world over.
Trickster Lives offers thirteen new and challenging interpretations of trickster in American writing, including essays on works by African American, Native American, Pacific Rim, and Latino writers.
Trade ReviewTrickster Lives represents a significant new perspective on American literature,as well as an important contribution to trickster scholarship, not simply because it contains excellent original essays on both well-known and lesser-known works, but because its interdisciplinary approach broadens our sense of what literary studies can be."" — Jeanne Rosier Smith, author of
Writing Tricksters: Mythic Gambols in American Ethnic Fiction""For analysis and argument about trickster in Native Hawaiian texts, Brer Rabbit tales, Cherokee narratives, Erdrich novels, and selected Latino texts—and for challenging us to think about what is and is not appropriately called trickster—the volume is quite valuable."" —
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