At the margins of the Renaissance
Subtitle: Lazarillo de Tormes and the picaresque art of survival
By: Giancarlo Maiorino.
Series: Penn State studies in Romance literatures
Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: University Park, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 184
Subjects: Lazarillo de Tormes; Picaresque literature, Spanish -- History and criticism; Survival in literature; Poverty in literature; Literature and society -- Spain; Spain -- Social conditions -- To 1800
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [163]-180) and index.
Table of contents: title: Econopoetics and the great chain of handouts; title: The mousetrap : the price of staying alive; title: Inconspicuous consumption : of toothpicks and leftovers; title: The water carrier : from subsistence to prosperity; title: The economic culture of toledan provecho; title: Lázaro de Tormes : what's in a name?; title: Will Lazarus ever be a wage earner?; title: The cost of education : a tale of two cities; title: The economy of genre.