Gregory E. RutledgeGregory E. Rutledge, J.D./M.A.M.C., Ph.D., is Associate Professor in the department of English and Ethnic Studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA. He is the author of The Epic Trickster in American Literature (2013). He specilizes in African-American literature. His research focus has been on race and epic performance; drawing on epic performance as a universal cultural genre, he examines literature and storytelling through this framework. Read More Read Less