Picaresque Narrative, Picaresque Fictions: A Theory and Research Guide

by Ulrich Wicks

Wicks has made a number of important contributions to the study of the picaresque. . . . Wicks's book does not attempt to answer all questions posed by the term, but it provides the most comprehensive view to date on the issues in the picaresque debate. The first third of the book deals with a consideration of the picaresque as a genre, the role of the picaresque in literary scholarship, the value of a modal approach, and the nature of picaresque...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313249342
• ISBN13: 9780313249341
• Release Date: February 1989
• Publisher: Greenwood
• Length: 383 Pages
• Weight: 1.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"