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The Trickster Figure in American Literature
Winifred Morgan
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Description for The Trickster Figure in American Literature
Hardcover. This book analyzes and offers fresh insights into the trickster tradition including African American, American Indian, Euro-American, Asian American, and Latino/a stories, Morgan examines the oral roots of each racial/ethnic group to reveal how each group's history, frustrations, and aspirations have molded the tradition in contemporary literature. Num Pages: 263 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 440.
This book analyzes and offers fresh insights into the trickster tradition including African American, American Indian, Euro-American, Asian American, and Latino/a stories, Morgan examines the oral roots of each racial/ethnic group to reveal how each group's history, frustrations, and aspirations have molded the tradition in contemporary literature.
This book analyzes and offers fresh insights into the trickster tradition including African American, American Indian, Euro-American, Asian American, and Latino/a stories, Morgan examines the oral roots of each racial/ethnic group to reveal how each group's history, frustrations, and aspirations have molded the tradition in contemporary literature.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137344717
SKU
V9781137344717
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Ref
99-15
About Winifred Morgan
Winifred Morgan is Professor Emerita in the Department of English at Edgewood College, USA.
Reviews for The Trickster Figure in American Literature
'Winifred Morgan's treatment of America's ethnic trickster traditions is insightful, engaging, and unique in its comprehensiveness, covering as she does five ethnicities - African American, Native American, Euro American, Asian American, and Latino/a American. No previous scholar has attempted such a mammoth undertaking.' Edward J. Piacentino, Emeritus Professor of English, High Point University, NC and author of Southern Frontier Humor: ... Read more