The Picaresque: Tradition and Displacement

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Giancarlo Maiorino
U of Minnesota Press, 1996 - Literary Criticism - 318 pages
"Picaresque Tales" - parodic narratives relating the adventures of a rogue - have been central to the development of Spanish literature since the time of Cervantes. This text incorporates poststructuralist theory into a comprehensive treatment of such tales written during the Spainish Golden Age. The essays in this volume examine such works as "Lazarillo de Tormes", "Guzman de Alfarache" and "El buscon". The contributors address the connection between literary representation and everyday life, examining the context in which the Picaresque mode developed.

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Contents

Chapter
1
Chapter
9
Chapter 2
40
Chapter 3
53
Lazarillo and Murillos Four
66
Chapter 4
86
Chapter 5
137
Chapter 6
159
Chapter 7
183
Chapter 8
226
Picaresque Relations in England
248
Chapter 10
273
Afterword
292
Contributors
309
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