The Myth of the Picaro: Continuity and Transformation of the Picaresque Novel, 1554-1954University of North Carolina Press, 1979 - 267 pages 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 how the picaresque masterpieces of the Spanish Golden Age founded a narrative structure that was continued by Defoe, Smollett, Melville, Twain, and Mann. Originally published in 1979. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value. |
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... Lives of the Novelists , pp . 69-70 . 51. Spivak , Shakespeare , p . 45 . 52. According to the summary of Der Landstörzerin Courasche ( 1670 ) in Ken- neth C. Hayens , Grimmelshausen , pp . 156–87 , Courage , an illegitimate child , is ...
... Lives of the Novelists , pp . 69-70 . 51. Spivak , Shakespeare , p . 45 . 52. According to the summary of Der Landstörzerin Courasche ( 1670 ) in Ken- neth C. Hayens , Grimmelshausen , pp . 156–87 , Courage , an illegitimate child , is ...
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... Lives of the Novelists . The World's Classics . Lon- don , 1906 . Sealts , Merton M. , Jr. " Melville's Reading : A Check - List of Books Owned and Borrowed . " Harvard Library Bulletin 2 ( 1948 ) : 141-63 , 378-92 ; 3 ( [ 258 ] ...
... Lives of the Novelists . The World's Classics . Lon- don , 1906 . Sealts , Merton M. , Jr. " Melville's Reading : A Check - List of Books Owned and Borrowed . " Harvard Library Bulletin 2 ( 1948 ) : 141-63 , 378-92 ; 3 ( [ 258 ] ...
Contents
1979 | 23 |
The Souls Dark Journey 26 | 26 |
The Conversion of the Natural Man 93 | 93 |
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