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Trickster and Hero: Two Characters in the Oral and Written Traditions of the World
By Scheub, Harold
- ISBN
- 9780299290740 9780299290733
- Publisher
- Univ. of Wisconsin
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Library Journal
Reviewed on April 1, 2013 | Arts and Humanities
Scheub (African languages and literature, Univ. of Wisconsin) looks to the Mwindo Epic, a tale from the Congo, and the Epic of Sundiata, from Mali, to discuss the most ubiquitous figures represented in both written and oral literature: the hero and the trickster. He also includes Beowulf and Gilgamesh in his analysis. Closer to ho...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
