Capturing the Pícaro in Words: Literary and Institutional Representations of Marginal Communities in Early Modern Madrid

ISBN-13: 9780367588335 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 190 str.

Konstantin Mierau

Opis

Capturing the Pícaro in Words discusses the framing of the transient marginals of early modern Madrid in the literary pícaro. Juxtaposing the perceptions of constables, shopkeepers and criminals to key literary representations, it reveals the displacement, cultural homogenization, and disenfranchisement produced by the picaresque

Spis treści

Introduction: Madrid and the Picaresque Novel  1. Displacing the Pícaro  2. Spanishing the Pícaro  3. Silencing the Pícaro

O autorze

Konstantin Mierau is tenured lecturer for European Culture and Literature (Spanish), at the department of European Languages and Cultures of the University of Groningen.