[BOOK][B] Tales from Spanish picaresque novels: A motif-index
JW Childers - 1977 - books.google.com
JW Childers
1977•books.google.comStory motifs from all of the thirty major picaresque novels of Spain's Golden Age present the
picaro as a nomadic rogue who survived by cleverness and deception. Though his tricks
constitute the main interest in the novels, the picaro's satirical comments give a wealth of
information on the social, political and religious background of the sixteenth and
seventeenth centuries in Spain. This motif-index, based on the classification system of Stith
Thompson, includes an informative and analytical Introduction and a Summary which …
picaro as a nomadic rogue who survived by cleverness and deception. Though his tricks
constitute the main interest in the novels, the picaro's satirical comments give a wealth of
information on the social, political and religious background of the sixteenth and
seventeenth centuries in Spain. This motif-index, based on the classification system of Stith
Thompson, includes an informative and analytical Introduction and a Summary which …
Story motifs from all of the thirty major picaresque novels of Spain's Golden Age present the picaro as a nomadic rogue who survived by cleverness and deception. Though his tricks constitute the main interest in the novels, the picaro's satirical comments give a wealth of information on the social, political and religious background of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries in Spain. This motif-index, based on the classification system of Stith Thompson, includes an informative and analytical Introduction and a Summary which precisely categorizes the appearance of various motifs.
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