1st Edition

The Picaresque

By Harry Sieber Copyright 1977
96 Pages
by Routledge

96 Pages
by Routledge

96 Pages
by Routledge

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. In tracing the itinerary... Read more

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

Biography

Sieber, Harry