{"product_id":"approaches-to-teaching-lazarillo-de-anne-j-cruz-9781603290173","title":"Approaches to Teaching Lazarillo de Tormes and the Picaresque Tradition","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1554, \u003ci\u003eLazarillo de Tormes\u003c\/i\u003e, a slim, unassuming little volume, unsigned by the author, made its first published appearance in the bookstalls of several important mercantile centers in Spain and the Netherlands. Since then, as narratives of \u003ci\u003epícaros\u003c\/i\u003e--and \u003ci\u003epícaras\u003c\/i\u003e--continued to follow in the footsteps of Lázaro's fictional life, picaresque literature developed into a major genre in literary studies that remains popular to this day.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eYet the genre's definition is anything but simple, as the diversity of this volume demonstrates. Part 1, \"Materials,\" reviews editions and translations of \u003ci\u003eLazarillo\u003c\/i\u003e and other picaresque works, as well as the critical and historical resources related to them. The essays in part 2, \"Approaches,\" explore the picaresque's place in language and literature classrooms of all levels. Some contributors contextualize \u003ci\u003eLazarillo\u003c\/i\u003e in the early modern Spanish culture it satirizes, investigating the role of the church and the marginalization of Muslims and Jews. Others pair \u003ci\u003eLazarillo\u003c\/i\u003e with Alemán's \u003ci\u003eGuzmán de Alfarache\u003c\/i\u003e or Quevedo's \u003ci\u003eBuscón\u003c\/i\u003e to concentrate on the genre's literary aspects. A cluster of essays focuses on teaching the picaresque (including the female picaresque) to nonspecialist students in interdisciplinary courses. The volume concludes with a section devoted to the picaresque novel's influence on other literary traditions, from early modern autobiographies, such as Teresa of Ávila's \u003ci\u003eLibro de la vida\u003c\/i\u003e, to post-Spanish Civil War texts to twentieth-century Latin American novels and 1950s American beat narratives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Anne J. Cruz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1603290176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781603290173\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Modern Language Association of America\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 181\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2009 pg. 273","brand":"Anne J. Cruz","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48449782579455,"sku":"9781603290173","price":38.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_269390e2-1a5b-4d12-b784-43f4d66ebc43.jpg?v=1777264887","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/approaches-to-teaching-lazarillo-de-anne-j-cruz-9781603290173","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}