Knaves and swindlers : essays on the picaresque novel in Europe. / Edited by Christine J. Whitbourn
1974, 1st edition. London, New York : University of Hull by Oxford University Press. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-toned dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Pages tanned as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Previous owner's signature. Item #409158
Physical description; 145 pp., 23 cm. Contents; Christine J. Whitbourn: Moral ambiguity in the Spanish picaresque tradition -- J.A. Jones: The duality and complexity of Guzmán de Alfarache: some thoughts on the structure and interpretation of Alemán's novel -- J.M. Ritchie: Grimmelshausen's Simplicissimus and The runagate courage -- J.A. Michie: The unity of Moll Flanders -- A.R. Strugnell: Diderot's Neveu de Rameau: portrait of a rogue in the French Enlightenment -- T.E. Little: Dead souls. Subjects; Picaresque literature, European History and criticism. Swindlers and swindling in literature. Rogues and vagabonds. Addresses, essays, lectures.
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