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Title Knaves and swindlers : essays on the picaresque novel in Europe. / Edited by Christine J. Whitbourn
Published London ; New York : University of Hull by Oxford University Press, 1974

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Description xix, 145 pages ; 23 cm
Series University of Hull, Publications
University of Hull publications.
Contents Christine J. Whitbourn: Moral ambiguity in the Spanish picaresque tradition -- J.A. Jones: The duality and complexity of Guzmán de Alfarache: some thoughts on the structure and interpretation of Alemán's novel -- J.M. Ritchie: Grimmelshausen's Simplicissimus and The runagate courage -- J.A. Michie: The unity of Moll Flanders -- A.R. Strugnell: Diderot's Neveu de Rameau: portrait of a rogue in the French Enlightenment -- T.E. Little: Dead souls
Analysis Fiction in European languages Picaresque novels, 1599-1842 Lectures, speeches
Notes Revisions of essays originally presented as a course of lectures during the 1969-70 session at the University of Hull
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Also issued online
Subject European fiction -- History and criticism.
Fiction -- History and criticism.
Picaresque literature -- History and criticism.
Picaresque literature, European -- History and criticism.
Rogues and vagabonds in literature.
Swindlers and swindling in literature.
Author Whitbourn, Christine J., editor
University of Hull.
LC no. 74170674
ISBN 0197134203
9780197134207