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At the margins of the Renaissance : Lazarillo de Tormes and the picaresque art of survival /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Maiorino, Giancarlo, 1943-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, [2003]
Series:Penn State studies in Romance literatures.
Subjects:
Lazarillo de Tormes.
Spain > Social conditions > To 1800.
Picaresque literature, Spanish > History and criticism.
Survival in literature.
Poverty in literature.
Literature and society > Spain.
Online Access:Table of contents
Table of Contents:
  • Econopoetics and the great chain of handouts
  • The mousetrap : the price of staying alive
  • Inconspicuous consumption : of toothpicks and leftovers
  • The water carrier : from subsistence to prosperity
  • The economic culture of toledan provecho
  • Lázaro de Tormes : what's in a name?
  • Will Lazarus ever be a wage earner?
  • The cost of education : a tale of two cities
  • The economy of genre.