false 54574420 412055 56450 0865475369 9780865475366 39 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223648421m/56450.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223648421s/56450.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56450.Trickster_Makes_This_World_Mischief_Myth_Art 4.05 185 Trickster Makes This World solidifies Lewis Hyde's reputation as, in Robert Bly's words, "the most subtle, thorough, and brilliant mythologist we now have." 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, Trickster Makes This World ranks among the great works of modern cultural criticism.
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Hyde rambles through the many ways Trickster figures influence human thought and action. The idea...more...]]>