LEADER 02847nam 2200517 450 001 9910822990203321 005 20230808194748.0 010 $a90-04-31123-8 024 7 $a10.1163/9789004311237 035 $a(CKB)3710000000828723 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4751120 035 $a(OCoLC)958412456 035 $a(nllekb)BRILL9789004311237 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000828723 100 $a20160914d2016 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aPicaresque fiction today$b[e-book] $ethe trickster in contemporary Anglophone and Italian literature /$fby Luigi Gussago 210 1$aLeiden ;$aBoston :$cBrill,$d[2016] 215 $a1 online resource (315 pages) 225 1 $aPostmodern Studies ;$v54 311 $a90-04-31122-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPreliminary Material -- Introduction: A Journey around the Picaresque Novel -- History through Roguish Eyes -- Alienation and Counter-culture -- Women on the Edge: Sexuality and Gender Dissent -- Humour and the Muffled Voice of Reason -- Concluding Remarks -- Bibliography -- Index. 330 $aIn Picaresque Fiction Today Luigi Gussago examines the development of the picaresque in contemporary Anglophone and Italian fiction. Far from being an extinct narrative form, confined to the pages of its original Spanish sources or their later British imitators, the tale of roguery has been revisited through the centuries from a host of disparate angles. Throughout their wanderings, picaresque antiheroes are dragged into debates on the credibility of historical facts, gender mystifications, rational thinking, or any simplistic definition of the outcast. Referring to a corpus of eight contemporary novels, the author retraces a textual legacy linking the traditional picaresque to its recent descendants, with the main purpose of identifying the way picaresque novels offer a privileged insight into our sceptical times. Cover illustration by Eugene Ivanov \'Night Airing\', 2007. 410 0$aPostmodern Studies$v54. 606 $aPicaresque literature, European$xHistory and criticism 606 $aTricksters in literature 606 $aPicaresque literature, European$2fast 606 $aTricksters in literature$2fast 608 $aCriticism, interpretation, etc.$2fast 615 0$aPicaresque literature, European$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aTricksters in literature. 615 7$aPicaresque literature, European. 615 7$aTricksters in literature. 676 $a809.3/87 700 $aGussago$b Luigi$01724503 801 0$bNL-LeKB 801 1$bNL-LeKB 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910822990203321 996 $aPicaresque fiction today$94126676 997 $aUNINA