Scott, If you go to the Google Advanced Book Search page at https://books.google.com/advanced_book_search Select ALL BOOKS and ALL CONTENT Type in EXACT PHRASE Mark Twain and ALL THE WORDS trickster You will get a long list of books that have addressed the topic. Barb On Thu, Feb 9, 2023 at 10:44 AM Dave Davis <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Two Words (or one number): #44 > > On Thu, Feb 9, 2023 at 11:42 AM Scott Holmes <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > > > Just now side-tracked from considering the accusations of "racism" in > > Twain's and Joel Chandler Harris' works, I'm looking at the use of the > > Trickster. I did come across what looked like a very nice essay on the > > subject but it was part of one of those web sites devoted to supplying > > students with ready-made papers. It allowed me to read the first page > > but required payment for anything more than that. I do not want to > > support such endeavors. > > > > Anyway, my brief bit of googling as not turned up much so I'm asking > > here if there are suggestions as to legitimate sources in this. Just on > > the surface I can recognize tricksters in much of Twain's work, > > including both Huck and Tom as tricksters. There is Brer Rabbit in the > > Uncle Remus Tales; much of the Arabian Nights tales involves > > tricksters; and perhaps even Twain's acceptance of the Hiawatha > > stories. In the later case he is mistaken as the legitimacy of the > > tales as Ojibwa legends but they do reflect the tales of the trickster > > Manabozho. > > > > -- > > /Unaffiliated Geographer and Twain aficionado/ > > >