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/ >