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No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage or retrieval systems, without permission in writing from the publisher. For information contact:  \nBloom’s Literary Criticism  \nAn imprint of Infobase Publishing  \n132 West 31st Street New York NY 10001  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data  \nBloom’s literary themes : the trickster / edited and with an introduction by Harold Bloom ; volume editor, Blake Hobby.  \n[p. cm](p. cm).  \nIncludes bibliographical references and index.  \nISBN 978-1-60413-445-2 (hc : alk. paper) ISBN 978-1-4381-3105-4 (e-book)  \n1. Tricksters in literature. 2. Fools and jesters in literature. I. Bloom, Harold. II. Hobby, Blake. III. Title.  \nPN56 .5.T74B56 2010 809'93352—dc22  \n2009038088  \nBloom’s Literary Criticism books are available at special discounts when purchased in bulk quantities for businesses, associations, institutions, or sales promotions. Please call our Special Sales Department in New York at (212) 967-8800 or  \n(800) 322-8755.  \nYou can find Bloom’s Literary Criticism on the World Wide Web at [http://www.chelseahouse.com](http://www.chelseahouse.com)  \nText design by Kerry Casey Cover design by Takeshi Takahashi Composition by IBT Global, Inc.  \nCover printed by IBT Global, Inc., Troy, NY  \nBook printed and bound by IBT Global, Inc., Troy, NY Date printed: January 2010  \nPrinted in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1  \nThis book is printed on acid-free paper.  \n, Contents .  \nSeries Introduction by Harold Bloom: Themes and Metaphors xi  \nVolume Introduction by Harold Bloom xv  \nThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain) 1  \n“The Trickster Tricked: Huck Comes Out of the Fog in Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn”  \nby Robert C. Evans  \nThe Works of Sherman Alexie 9  \n“Futuristic Hip Indian: Alexie” by Kenneth Lincoln, in Sing With the Heart of a Bear: Fusions of Native and American Poetry, 1890-1999 (2000)  \nThe Confidence-Man: His Masquerade (Herman Melville) 19  \n“The Confidence-Man: The Con-Man as Hero” by Paul Brodtkorb, Jr., in Studies in the Novel (1969)  \nDecameron (Giovanni Boccaccio) 37  \n“Games of Laughter” by Giuseppe Mazzotta, in The World at Play in Boccaccio’s Decameron (1986)  \nThe Novels of William Golding 63  \n“The Prometheus Myth in the Novels of William  \nGolding” by Sohana Manzoor, in BRAC University Journal (2007)  \nviii Contents  \nHamlet (William Shakespeare)  \n“The Grave Diggers in ‘Hamlet’” by Frederick Warde,  \nin The Fools of Shakespeare: An Interpretation of their Wit and Wisdom (1915)  \nHouse Made of Dawn (N. Scott Momaday)“The Trickster Discourse of House Made of Dawn” by  \nSusan R. Bowers  \n“A Hunger Artist”(Franz Kafka)  \n“Making the Incomprehensible Incomprehensible: The Trickery of Kafka’s ‘A Hunger Artist’” by John Becker  \nA Midsummer Night’s Dream (William Shakespeare)“‘This Sport Well Carried Shall Be Chronicled’: Puck as Trickster in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream” by Robert C. Evans  \nOdyssey (Homer)  \n“A General View of the Epic Poem, and of the Iliad and Odyssey” by René Le Bossu, in The Odyssey of Homer, ANew Edition (1675)  \nOn the Road ( Jack Kerouac)  \n“Faith on the Run” by Gary Lindberg, i","cbCainippu8jeg1c","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCainippu8jeg1c","pdf",1460967,270,"English","# Series Introduction by Harold Bloom: Themes and Metaphors\n## Series\n# Volume Introduction by Harold Bloom\n## Essays\n# The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)\n## The Trickster Tricked: Huck Comes Out of the Fog in Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn\n# The Works of Sherman Alexie\n## Futuristic Hip Indian: Alexie\n# The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade (Herman Melville)\n## The Confidence-Man: The Con-Man as Hero\n# Decameron (Giovanni Boccaccio)\n## Games of Laughter\n# The Novels of William Golding\n## The Prometheus Myth in the Novels of William Golding\n# Hamlet (William Shakespeare)\n## The Grave Diggers in ‘Hamlet’\n# House Made of Dawn (N. Scott Momaday)\n## The Trickster Discourse of House Made of Dawn\n# A Hunger Artist (Franz Kafka)\n## Making the Incomprehensible Incomprehensible\n# A Midsummer Night’s Dream (William Shakespeare)\n## Puck as Trickster in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream\n# Odyssey (Homer)\n## A General View of the Epic Poem, and of the Iliad and Odyssey\n# On the Road (Jack Kerouac)\n## Faith on the Run\n# Orlando (Virginia Woolf)\n## With Orlando in Wonderland\n# Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (Tom Stoppard)\n## Tom Stoppard as Trickster in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead\n# Tar Baby (Toni Morrison) and Praisesong for the Widow (Paule Marshall)\n## The Journey as Crossing\n# The Tempest (William Shakespeare)\n## The Tempest and A Midsummer Night’s Dream\n# A Thousand and One Nights\n## Seven Times a Trickster: The Tale of Sindbad\n# Uncle Remus (Joel Chandler Harris)\n## Tricksters in Uncle Remus: His Songs and Sayings\n# The Wife of Bath’s Tale (Geoffrey Chaucer)\n## Transforming the Trickster in Chaucer’s Wife of Bath’s Tale\n# Acknowledgments\n## Acknowledgments\n# Index\n## Index","[{\"question\":\"What is the central focus of this book?\",\"answer\":\"The book focuses on the trickster as a recurring literary figure, tracing how trickster strategies shape meaning across major works.\"},{\"question\":\"Which editors are credited in the volume?\",\"answer\":\"Harold Bloom is credited with the edited introduction, and Blake Hobby is credited as volume editor.\"},{\"question\":\"What kinds of literary material does the contents include?\",\"answer\":\"The contents include critical essays on the trickster in works by authors such as Mark Twain, Sherman Alexie, Herman Melville, Kafka, Shakespeare, and Toni Morrison, along with an index.\"}]","Bloom’s Literary Themes - The Trickster | PDF",1789949466,416]