TY  - BOOK
AU  - Tomoiaga,Ligia
TI  - Elements of the Picaresque in Contemporary British Fiction
SN  - 9781443838528
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Newcastle upon Tyne, England
PB  - Cambridge Scholars Publishing
KW  - Picaresque literature, English
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - English fiction
KW  - 21st century
KW  - LITERARY CRITICISM
KW  - European
KW  - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Literature & literary studies
KW  - bicssc
KW  - Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers
N2  - 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
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