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By Edward H Friedman (Editor), Marta Albal Pelegr n (Contribution by), JA Garrido Ardila (Contribution by), Anne J Cruz (Contribution by), Edward H Friedman (Contribution by), Ant n Garc a-Fern ndez (Contribution by), Enrique Garcia Santo-Tomas (Contribution by), Jos Luis Gasta aga Ponce de Le n (Contribution by), Faith Harden (Contribution by), Hilaire Kallendorf (Contribution by), Howard Mancing (Contribution by), John C Parrack (Contribution by), Vicente P rez de Le n (Contribution by), Brian M Phillips (Contribution by), Richard Squibbs (Contribution by), Andr s Zamora (Contribution by)

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Written by an international group of scholars, this edited collection provides an overview of the Spanish picaresque from its origins in tales of lowborn adventurers to its importance for the modern novel, along with consideration of the debates that the picaresque has inspired.

The term picaresque describes a specific set of early modern Spanish narratives relating the life story of a lowborn adventurer in a realist, ironic, and often humorous manner. The protagonist, the picaro or pícara (...