Play and the picaresque
Subtitle: Lazarillo de Tormes, Libro de Manuel, and Match ball
By: Gordana Yovanovich.
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Toronto; Buffalo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 152
Subjects: Cortázar, Julio.; Skármeta, Antonio.; Cortázar, Julio.; Skármeta, Antonio.; Lazarillo de Tormes.; Lazarillo de Tormes.; Picaresque literature, Spanish -- History and criticism.; Picaresque literature, Spanish American -- History and criticism.; Latin American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.; Littérature picaresque espagnole -- Histoire et critique.
Description: "This study takes a fresh look at the picaresque genre as seen in two important contemporary Latin American novels, Cortazar's Libro de Manuel and Skarmeta's Match Ball, and the first picaresque novel, Lazarillo de Tormes. Gordana Yovanovich considers the genre in relation to the concept of play and shows how the traditional picaresque genre has been replaced by a distinctly modern version."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [141]-148) and index.