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  <title><![CDATA[Trickster Makes This World: Mischief, Myth, &amp; Art]]></title>
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  <default-description>&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;Trickster Makes This World &lt;/i&gt;solidifies Lewis Hyde's reputation as, in Robert Bly's words, &quot;the most subtle, thorough, and brilliant mythologist we now have.&quot; In it, Hyde now brings to life the playful and disruptive side of human imagination as it is embodied in trickster mythology. He first revisits the old stories--Hermes in Greece, Eshu in West Africa, Krishna in India, Coyote in North America, among others--and then holds them up against the life and work of more recent creators: Picasso, Duchamp, Ginsberg, John Cage, and Frederick Douglass. Authoritative in its scholarship, loose-limbed in its style, &lt;i&gt;Trickster Makes This World &lt;/i&gt;ranks among the great works of modern cultural criticism. &lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</default-description>
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      <name><![CDATA[Lewis Hyde]]></name>
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  <read_at>Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[If Neil Gaiman and Michael Chabon haven't read this book and borrowed concepts liberally, then they are operating in a parallel universe, mining the same sources.  It's a rich and deep vein.<br/><br/>Hyde rambles through the many ways Trickster figures influence human thought and action.  The idea...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/54574420">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a great book on the history of the trickster figure in different mythologies and the cultural role that this particular figures identity plays in our culture both historically and in modernity.  Hyde tells a few stories, and in doing so explains societies need for a figure that operates in t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75449224">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[anyone who loves a good story and the story behind the story.]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I've always had a bit of a thing for tricksters.  My favorite Greek myths always seem to involve Hermes, and I love a good coyote tale.<br/><br/>Trickster Makes This World is an excellent study that tries to get to the bottom of what makes trickster figures so fascinating.<br/><br/>It is excelle...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/30971465">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[An exhaustive look at the trickster figure in mythology and how it manifests itself in some of the most impressive contemporary artists throughout the world. long winded at times (think grad school thesis verbose) but definately worth the time. He passionately endorses the trickster's mischievous di...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74668969">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="39936415">
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    <body><![CDATA[The New York Times Magazine featured this author, Lewis Hyde, a professor at Kenyon College and esteemed writer, several weeks ago and his work sparked my interest. Okay, I admit that dating a Kenyon alum caused the article to grab my attention, and Hyde's best known work, The Gift, intrigues me des...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39936415">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[artists and writers inevitably find themselves to various degrees described in this amazing piece of work by hyde - aren't we all tricksters on some scale or another. a very instructive book into the development of human creativity and social change..]]></body>
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    <review id="39788483">
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    <body><![CDATA[So, I really want to like this book, but I have abandoned it midway through and read two other books in the interim. The pace is really slow. Trickster shouldn't feel bad though - I abandoned the gardening book I am in the middle of too (winter isn't very inspirational for this). I'll get back to bo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39788483">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A little too heady for me, but interesting. The thoughts about guilt and shame were worth the work of reading it. Shame=the eyes of your community. Guilt=your heart's eyes. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Margaret Atwood said it well: ‘Hyde's book is a glorious grab bag stuffed with necessary loot, a joyful plum pudding rich in treasures.’ The thoughtful, well-read, and emotionally astute Lewis Hyde has written an epic/engrossing piece of comparative mythology focusing on the trickster figure. Bu...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/29985755">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[language is kind of formal, great book about the mystic and mythic inspiration, transgressing rules, thinking out of the box]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a lively and interesting book.  It's difficult to remain engaged with its style for 300 pages, however.  ]]></body>
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    <review id="52144713">
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    <body><![CDATA[Mentioned by Emily Levine in a talk at TED &lt;http://blog.ted.com/2009/04/a_tricksters_th.php&gt; Sounds interesting.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Fri Aug 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Wonderful book and I am going to read it again. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[interesting book. Raven and Coyote forever]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Fascinating account of Trickster myths and deities from all over the world - Mercury, Hermes, Krishna, Loki, the Coyote and Raven stories of north American peoples, the Anansi and Brer Rabbit stories of the African diaspora... Tricksters crop up in many cultures, mediators between the gods and human...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/911274">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Slow going....]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is good for two reasons: 1. It makes anthropolgy super-interesting by giving raunchy examples of devious (and entertaining) beings; Tricksters 2. It exposed me to the idea of guilt and shame cultures, which every educated person should know about - but somehow I went to college for 9 years...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40396233">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I am a big Joseph Campbell fan, and since this man is considered a mythologist of note, I thought I would give this a try. I hope it doesn't take a turn into scholarly writing about mythology, as my head has no space for that right now.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A very rich mythological analysis of tricksters and their cosmological function wedded to a series of fascinating critiques of historical figures who fulfill some of the same functions within their societies.  I'm going to have to reread this book at some point, as there was simply so much that it w...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16681909">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[By far my favorite non-fiction book. The power of the book lies in its ability to explain the enduring presence of trickster myths across a number of different cultures by connecting tricksters with the impulse of artistic creation. By relating tricksters to real-life artists, Hyde demonstrates the ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/389664">more...</a>]]></body>
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