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<p>In this ground-breaking study, Anne Cruz examines the treatment of poverty, prostitution, war, and other social concerns in the cultural and literary discourses of early modern Spain. This book investigates the polemics on poor relief through religious charity and secularized reform articulated not only in the Spanish picaresque canon - Lazarillo de Tormes, Guzm¯n de Alfarache, El busc3/4n - but also in female picaresque narratives and soldiers' tales. Emphasizing Bakhtin's notion that discur

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Author

Anne J. Cruz

Publisher

University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division

Published

1999

Language

EN

ISBN

9780802044396

Category

literary studies

Subjects

Literary Criticism, Literary Fiction, Romance

Rating

5 / 5 (3 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14