Overview
Written by an international group of scholars, this edited collection provides an overview of the Spanish picaresque from its origins in tales of lowborn adventurers to its importance for the modern novel, along with consideration of the debates that the picaresque has inspired. The term picaresque describes a specific set of early modern Spanish narratives relating the life story of a lowborn adventurer in a realist, ironic, and often humorous manner. The protagonist, the picaro or picara (rascal), seeks upward mobility in a resolutely hierarchical society determined to prevent his - or her - ascent, and both are rich targets of satire. Spanish picaros inspired Anglo-French rogues including Gil Blas and Tom Jones and paved the way for the modern novel. Written by an international group of scholars, this edited collection provides an overview of the Spanish picaresque novel from its origins to the present day, along with a treatment of the debates that the picaresque has inspired. After introductory chapters on the picaresque genre and the origin of the phenomenon, the book analyses canonical texts and their role in the picaresque spectrum. Further chapters then turn to critical approaches to the genre and manifestations of the picaresque in Hispanic America, France, England, and modern Spain. Overall, the book affords readers a broad sense of the range of this rich tradition and an in-depth view of the field and its major texts.
Full Product Details
Author: Edward H Friedman (Person) ,
Dr Marta Albalá Pelegrín ,
JA Garrido Ardila ,
Professor Anne J Cruz (Person)
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Imprint: Tamesis Books
Weight: 0.445kg
ISBN: 9781855663671
ISBN 10: 1855663678
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 20 September 2022
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Language: English
Reviews
A good volume that registers the progressively more flexible state of the Picaresque Studies at the Anglo-American Academy. An opportunity for new generations of scholars consider the wealth hidden beneath the monumental weight of the labels and to warn of the excellent work on which picaresque studies are based of today. * BULLETIN OF SPANISH STUDIES * This book, for its rigour, its diversity and its ability to bring together in a balanced way. A multitude of works and critical tendencies, it is a contribution of enormous value for a wide range of readers and comes to enrich the knowledge of Spanish literature of early modernity in general and of the picaresque novel in particular. -- Ana M. Rodriguez-Rodriguez * RESENAS IBEROAMERICANAS *
A good volume that registers the progressively more flexible state of the Picaresque Studies at the Anglo-American Academy. An opportunity for new generations of scholars consider the wealth hidden beneath the monumental weight of the labels and to warn of the excellent work on which picaresque studies are based of today. * BULLETIN OF SPANISH STUDIES *
Author Information
EDWARD H. FRIEDMAN is emeritus Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Chair in the Humanities at Vanderbilt University. EDWARD H. FRIEDMAN is emeritus Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Chair in the Humanities at Vanderbilt University.
