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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780566703321

Autore

Yovanovich Gordana <1956->

Titolo

Play and the picaresque : Lazarillo de Tormes, Libro de Manuel, and Match ball / / Gordana Yovanovich

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Canada] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1999

©1999

ISBN

1-282-04214-9

9786612042140

1-4426-7852-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (163 p.)

Collana

University of Toronto Romance Series

Disciplina

863.08709

Soggetti

Picaresque literature, Spanish American - History and criticism

Picaresque literature, Spanish - History and criticism

Latin American fiction - 20th century - History and criticism

Livres numeriques.

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

e-books.

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Play and games: recreative disorder and intellectual order -- Picaresque realism and magical realism -- Play in Lazarillo de Tormes -- Manual for Manuel: how to become a Pícaro -- Picaresque love games in Match ball -- Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

Analyses three important Latin American novels in an attempt to redefine the nature of the picaresque, especially in regard to the roles of spontaneous play and carnivalesque laughter.