Assertion: picaresque novel | /r/CreatedBy | diego hurtado de mendoza
Facets:
value: doubtfully
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: The picaresque novel originated in Spain with Lazarillo de Tormes (1554; doubtfully attributed to Diego Hurtado de Mendoza), in which the poor boy Lázaro describes his services under seven successive lay and clerical masters, each of whose dubious character is hidden under a mask of hypocrisy.