Knaves and Swindlers. Essays on the Picaresque Novel in Europe
Knaves and Swindlers. Essays on the Picaresque Novel in Europe
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- Author
- Whitbourn Christine J.
- Publishers
- University of Hull & Oxford University Press, London, 1974
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- Cover description
- Very Good
- Binding description
- H
- Dust jacket
- True
- State of preservation
- Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Inscribed
- False
- First edition
- False
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8vo. xix + 145pp,ex-lib.with slight library markings but otherwise in very good condition. . Six essays inc. Moral Ambiquity in Spanish Picaresque Tradition contents; Christine J. Whitbourn: Moral ambiguity in the Spanish picaresque tradition -- J.A. Jones: The duality and complexity of Guzm·n de Alfarache: some thoughts on the structure and interpretation of Alem·n's novel -- J.M. Ritchie: Grimmelshausen's Simplicissimus and The runagate courage -- J.A. Michie: The unity of Moll Flanders -- A.R. Strugnell: Diderot's Neveu de Rameau: portrait of a rogue in the French Enlightenment -- T.E. Little: Dead souls. Subjects; Picaresque literature, European History and criticism. Swindlers and swindling in literature. Rogues and vagabonds. Addresses, essays, lectures
