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

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

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.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Yovanovich, Gordana, 1956-
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Toronto, Ont. : University of Toronto Press, ©1999.
Series:	University of Toronto romance series.
Subjects:	Cortázar, Julio. > Libro de Manuel. Skármeta, Antonio. > Match ball. Lazarillo de Tormes. Lazarillo de Tormes Libro de Manuel (Cortázar, Julio) Match ball (Skármeta, Antonio) Picaresque literature, Spanish > History and criticism. LITERARY CRITICISM > European > Spanish & Portuguese. LITERARY CRITICISM > Caribbean & Latin American. Picaresque literature, Spanish Electronic books. e-books. Criticism, interpretation, etc. Livres numériques.
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Table of Contents:

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.