Trickster Makes This World: Mischief, Myth, and Art Description 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, Coyote in North America, among others―and then holds them up against the lives and work of more recent creators: Picasso, Duchamp, Ginsberg, John Cage, and Frederick Douglass. Twelve years after its first publication, Trickster Makes This World―authoritative in its scholarship, loose-limbed in its style―has taken its place among the great works of modern cultural criticism. This new edition includes an introduction by Michael Chabon. Read more Features: Product Details: Publisher ‏ : ‎ Farrar, Straus and Giroux; Illustrated edition (August 17, 2010) Language ‏ : ‎ English Paperback ‏ : ‎ 432 pages ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0374532559 ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 50 Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 12.2 ounces Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.45 x 1.15 x 8.15 inches Best Sellers Rank: #138,202 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #276 in Folklore & Mythology Studies #335 in Cultural Anthropology (Books) #276 in Folklore & Mythology Studies #335 in Cultural Anthropology (Books)