Continuity and Transformation of the Picaresque Novel, 1554-1954
by
Alexander Blackburn
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2014
This critical interpretation of the origins of modern fiction follows the transformation of the picaresque novel over four centuries through the literature of Spain, France, England, Germany, Russia, and the United States. Blackburn uses for the first time the resources of myth criticism to demonstrate...