Play and the Picaresque : Lazarillo de Tormes, Libro de Manuel and Match Ball /

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Analyses three important Latin American novels in an attempt to redefine the nature of the picaresque, especially in regard to the roles of spontaneous play and carnivalesque laughter.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Yovanovich, Gordana, 1956-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Toronto, Ont. : University of Toronto Press, 1999.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Skármeta, Antonio. > Match ball.
Cortázar, Julio. > Libro de Manuel.
Lazarillo de Tormes
Match ball (Skármeta, Antonio)
Libro de Manuel (Cortázar, Julio)
Lazarillo de Tormes.
Picaresque literature, Spanish.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Caribbean & Latin American.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > Spanish & Portuguese.
Roman picaresque espagnol > Histoire et critique.
Picaresque literature, Spanish > History and criticism.
Livres numeriques.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
e-books.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Play and games: recreative disorder and intellectual order
  • Picaresque realism and magical realism
  • Play in Lazarillo de Tormes
  • Manual for Manuel: how to become a Pícaro
  • Picaresque love games in Match ball
  • Conclusion.

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