At the Margins of the Renaissance: Lazarillo de Tormes and the Picaresque Art of Survival

by Giancarlo Maiorino

Book Overview

Published anonymously in 1554, Lazarillo de Tormes upset all the strict hierarchies that governed art and society during the Renaissance. It traces the adventures not of a nobleman or ancient hero, but rather of an ordinary man who struggles for survival in a cruel, corrupt society after growing up under the care of a blind beggar. Giancarlo Maiorino treats this picaresque narrative as a prism for exploring econopoetics, a term he uses to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271058463
• ISBN13: 9780271058467
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"