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Elements of the Picaresque in Contemporary British Fiction.

This study looks back at the picaresque, Other its Spanish roots, and especially Other its tradition in English literature; then, it comes to contemporary times, and identifies elements of the picaresque in contemporary novels. The main thesis of the author is that the picaresque has never left the...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Tomoiaga, Ligia
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2012.
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505 0 |a TABLE OF CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; THE PICARESQUE STORY; THE ROGUE TALE IN THE HISTORY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE BEFORE THE 20TH CENTURY; REVISITATIONS OF THE PICARESQUE IN THE ENGLISH LITERATUREOF THE 50S AND 60S; THE STUDY OF GENRES IN CONTEMPORARY BRITISH LITERATURE; PICARESQUE AS DISPLACEMENT; THE ROGUE'S PROGRESS IN THE REMAINS OF THE EMPIRE; THE ROGUE AND THE NEW ETHICS OF SCIENCE; CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES. 
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