Winifred Morgan

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The Trickster Figure in American Literature (eBook, PDF)

Beschreibung

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.

Technische Details

• Geräte: PC
• ohne Kopierschutz
• Größe: 2.35MB

Barrierefreiheit

• Text-to-Speech

Autor

Winifred Morgan is Professor Emerita in the Department of English at Edgewood College, USA.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Oktober 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781137344724
• Artikelnr.: 40722517

Rezensionen

'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: New Approaches