Trickster Makes This World: Mischief, Myth and Art by Lewis Hyde

Trickster Makes This World: Mischief, Myth and Art

Lewis Hyde

417 pages first pub 1997 (editions)

nonfiction art history philosophy challenging informative slow-paced
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In Trickster Makes This World, Lewis Hyde brings to life the playful and disruptive side of human imagination as it is embodied in trickster mythology. He first visits the old stories--Hermes in Greece, Eshu in West Africa, Krishna in India, Coyot...

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Moods

informative 69%
reflective 61%
adventurous 23%
challenging 23%
inspiring 23%
mysterious 23%
funny 15%

Pace

slow 50%
medium 42%
fast 7%

Average rating

4.02

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