The Picaresque

ISBN-13: 9781138237452 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 92 str.

Harry Sieber

Opis

First published in 1977, this book studies the picaresque as a literary genre. It begins by discriminating between the literature of roguery and the picaresque in particular before discussing the origins of the genre in Spain and tracing its development into Europe. The book concludes with a brief description of ‘contemporary’ works which belong to the same tradition.

Spis treści

General Editor’s Preface; 1. Prologue: some definitions 2. The picaresque in Spain: origins and definition 3. The picaresque novel in Europe: a literary itinerary of the picaro 4. Epilogue: picaros in the Promised Land; Bibliography; Index

O autorze

Sieber, Harry