Pícaro and cortesano : identity and the forms of capital in early modern Spanish picaresque narrative and courtesy literature / Felipe E. Ruan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ruan, Felipe E., 1966-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Picaresque literature, Spanish.

Spanish literature--Classical period, 1500-1700.

Spanish literature.

Spanish literature--Classical period.

Courtesy books--Spain--History.

Courtesy books.

History.

Spain.

Physical Description:

xi, 167 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lewisburg [Pa.] : Bucknell University Press ; Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Pub. Group, [2011]

Summary:

Picaro and Cortesano have been traditionally viewed as antithetical figures representing a strict spatial metaphor between center and periphery. This book challenges that view by positing a relationship between these two significant figures and their respective books, picaresque narrative and courtesy manual. The handbook of conduct tacitly engages the question of identity by offering a model for fashioning the self, while picaresque narrative explicitly reflects on how identity is constituted and sustained. The book argues that picaro and cortesano rely upon a range of shared cultural, social and symbolic resources to fashion, maintain and enhance their identity and position.

Contents:

Corte, Pícaros and Cortesanos

Pícaro Cortesano: Guzmán de Alfarache

Cortesano Pícaro: El Criticón and Baltasar Gracián.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781611480504

1611480507

9781611480511

1611480515

OCLC:

698328024