The picaresque novel in Western literature: From the sixteenth century to the neopicaresque

John Ardila (Editor)

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Abstract / Description of output

Since the sixteenth century, Western literature has produced picaresque novels penned by authors across Europe, from Alemán, Cervantes, Lesage and Defoe to Cela and Mann. Contemporary authors of neopicaresque are renewing this traditional form to express twenty-first-century concerns. Notwithstanding its major contribution to literary history, as one of the founding forms of the modern novel, the picaresque remains a controversial literary category, and its definition is still much contested. The Picaresque Novel in Western Literature examines the development of the picaresque, chronologically and geographically, from its origins in sixteenth-century Spain to the neopicaresque in Europe and the United States.
Original languageEnglish
Place of PublicationCambridge
PublisherCambridge University Press
Number of pages285
ISBN (Print)9781107031654
Publication statusPublished - May 2015

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