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'Hyde displays his own tricksterish qualities in this absorbing hymn to the disrupter of the status quo.' --Observer
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'Hyde is persuasive and is at his most interesting on contemporary tricksters.'
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
The other review here has a valid point: hyde barely mentions the artists whom he is suggesting are modern tricksters. Sure, he mentions Picasso, almost in passing, but he mostly concentrates on analysing folk myths and tales to bolster his point about how culture needs an 'outsider' force to disrupt the norm, to push it forward.
In which case, I would've like two extra things from this book: a) at least one chapter devoted to applying his logic into an artists life, showing how he believes the artist indeed embodies the trickster (instead, Hyde uses the narrative of a slave in revolutionary America) and b) how this trickster figure fits into modern religion (as it clearly does - although maybe that's another book).
This being said, this is an excellent book if, like me, you haven't already read the many folk tale books out there. I would also say, althought I can't qualify this, that if I had already done that, this book would still be a welcome addition to my shelf, as he raises some excellent points and I often found myself thinking about how these character archetypes not only help us understand the world, but fit into society. Which, I suppose on another level, is what Hyde tries to do. Sadly, I think he runs out of space to labour some of his briefer points.
Excellent book, though.
In which case, I would've like two extra things from this book: a) at least one chapter devoted to applying his logic into an artists life, showing how he believes the artist indeed embodies the trickster (instead, Hyde uses the narrative of a slave in revolutionary America) and b) how this trickster figure fits into modern religion (as it clearly does - although maybe that's another book).
This being said, this is an excellent book if, like me, you haven't already read the many folk tale books out there. I would also say, althought I can't qualify this, that if I had already done that, this book would still be a welcome addition to my shelf, as he raises some excellent points and I often found myself thinking about how these character archetypes not only help us understand the world, but fit into society. Which, I suppose on another level, is what Hyde tries to do. Sadly, I think he runs out of space to labour some of his briefer points.
Excellent book, though.
3 of 34 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
the book promised interesting since it apparently delt with the lives of artists. There is barely a mention of the trickster artists. The book is a dull continuim of analysis of tribal fables.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Hyde's genius
31 July 2010
Format:Paperback
While this may be the same book with a different cover--and the confusion is unfortunate--it's also a great book inside any cover. Lewis Hyde brings a unique sensibility to the study of stories, tricksters, and what makes creative imagination possible. This book is rare within the literature on "narrative" because Hyde actually tells stories. His version of the trickster is rich in multiple possibilities: tricksters are destructive, but destruction is part of creativity--that's as close to Hyde's thesis as I can get. The book takes many detours, but I'm grateful that it's not a page shorter.
1 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Good Introduction BUT...
9 Jan 2011
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While this book does a great job comparing simlarities between trickster myths worldwide it is a bit problematic to someone who is actually familar with trickster Gods because the writer makes a few errors. I say this as someone who is only halfway through the book:
1. Hyde goes on and on about Native American myths but never mentions Kokopelli.
2. He has a section on trickster goddess and talks a great deal about the Greeks, but Eris never comes up.
3. In the goddess section he explains there are few, and that's because tricksters crossdress then he lists Aunt Nancy as a goddess, HIS name is Mr. Nancy and he is a crossdresser.
So while I am enjoying seeing these myths compared I am a bit irretated that someone like myself can find these errors in passing when he supposedly studied these myths for years. So as long as you are just reading this as a comparitive study it's not a bad read, just don't quote it as fact until you double check.
1. Hyde goes on and on about Native American myths but never mentions Kokopelli.
2. He has a section on trickster goddess and talks a great deal about the Greeks, but Eris never comes up.
3. In the goddess section he explains there are few, and that's because tricksters crossdress then he lists Aunt Nancy as a goddess, HIS name is Mr. Nancy and he is a crossdresser.
So while I am enjoying seeing these myths compared I am a bit irretated that someone like myself can find these errors in passing when he supposedly studied these myths for years. So as long as you are just reading this as a comparitive study it's not a bad read, just don't quote it as fact until you double check.
3 of 8 people found the following review helpful
What?
18 July 2010
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
It's the same book with different cover page.
I wish I had been notified in advance!!!!
I wish I had been notified in advance!!!!
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