Elements of the Picaresque in Contemporary British Fiction:
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Main Author: Tomoiaga, Ligia (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Newcastle upon Tyne Cambridge Scholars Publishing 2012
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This study looks back at the picaresque, Other its Spanish roots, and especially Other its tradition in English literature; then, it comes to contemporary times, and identifies elements of the picaresque in contemporary novels. The main thesis of the author is that the picaresque has never left the literary scene in Britain, being an aesthetic invariant, which expresses a natural inclination of the British authors towards the picaresque story. Postcolonial authors also favour this genre as a co..
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (247 p.)
ISBN:1443837776
1443838527
9781443837774
9781443838528

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