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

Penn State Studies in Romance Literatures

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

Giancarlo Maiorino

184 pages hardcover

2 editions

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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 s...

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