Elements of the Picaresque in Contemporary British Fiction.
Tomoiaga, Ligia
Elements of the Picaresque in Contemporary British Fiction. - Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2012. - 1 online resource (247 pages)
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.
9781443838528
Picaresque literature, English--History and criticism.
English fiction--History and criticism.--21st century.
LITERARY CRITICISM--European--English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
English fiction
Picaresque literature, English
Literature & literary studies
Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers
Elements of the Picaresque in Contemporary British Fiction. - Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2012. - 1 online resource (247 pages)
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.
9781443838528
Picaresque literature, English--History and criticism.
English fiction--History and criticism.--21st century.
LITERARY CRITICISM--European--English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
English fiction
Picaresque literature, English
Literature & literary studies
Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers