The Picara
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The Picara
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Author : Anne K. Kaler
language : en
Publisher: Popular Press
Release Date : 1991
The Picara written by Anne K. Kaler and has been published by Popular Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with History categories.
Courtesan and criminal, thief and trollop, warrior and wanderer--the picara embodies the continuing archetypal pattern of a woman's autonomy. She is the sly sharpster in Defoe's heroines such as Roxana and Moll Flanders. With an ancestress like Becky Sharp, the picara evolves into Scarlett O'Hara before finding a comfortable niche as the female hero in fantasy written by women. The Picara traces the development of this character, from an autonomous woman in a harsh patriarchal society to the female hero of the modern fantasy novel.
A Wry Views
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Author : David R. Castillo
language : en
Publisher: Purdue University Press
Release Date : 2001
A Wry Views written by David R. Castillo and has been published by Purdue University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Anamorphosis (Visual perception). categories.
The term anamorphosis, from the greek ana (again) and morphe (shape), designates a variety of perspective experiments that can be traced back to the artistic developments of the 1500's and 1600's. Anamorphic devices challenge viewers to experience different forms of perceptual oscillation and uncertainty. Images shift in front of the eyes of puzzled spectators as they move from the center of the representation to the margins, or from one side to the other. (A) Wry Views demonstrates that much of the literature of the Spanish Golden Age is susceptible, and indeed requires, oblique readings (as in anamorphosis).
The Feminist Encyclopedia Of German Literature
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Author : Friederike Eigler
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 1997-02-28
The Feminist Encyclopedia Of German Literature written by Friederike Eigler and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997-02-28 with Literary Criticism categories.
Today, a multiplicity of feminist approaches has become an integral part of the fields of German literary and cultural studies. This comprehensive reference provides a much needed synthesis of the contribution women have made to German literature and culture. In entries for more than 500 topics, the volume surveys literary periods, epochs, and genres; critical approaches and theories; important authors and works; female stereotypes; laws and historical developments; literary concepts and themes; and organizations and archives relevant to women and women's studies. Each entry offers a concise identification of the term, a discussion of its significance, and a bibliography of works for further reading. Today, a multiplicity of feminist approaches has become an integral part of the fields of German literary and cultural studies. While biographical works on women writers exist, this is the first reference to synthesize the wealth of feminist scholarship in German studies. While existing reference works focus exclusively on women authors, this volume contains numerous topical entries and covers the role of women in German literature and culture from the Middle Ages to the present day. Included are alphabetically arranged entries on more than 500 topics. While some entries are provided for important women writers and other individuals, the bulk of the volume provides information on literary periods, epochs, and genres; critical approaches and theories; female stereotypes; laws and historical developments; literary concepts and themes; and organizations and archives relevant to women and women's studies. Each entry includes a brief identification of the subject, a discussion of feminist thought on the topic, and a brief bibliography. Entries are written by numerous contributors and reflect a range of critical/theoretical approaches.
Discourses Of Poverty
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Author : Anne J. Cruz
language : en
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Release Date : 1999-01-01
Discourses Of Poverty written by Anne J. Cruz and has been published by University of Toronto Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-01-01 with Literary Criticism categories.
Cruz examines the treatment of poverty, prostitution, war, and other social concerns in the cultural and literary discourses of early modern Spain.
The Picaresque
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Author : Harry Sieber
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2017-07-14
The Picaresque written by Harry Sieber and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07-14 with Literary Criticism categories.
First published in 1977, this book studies the picaresque as a literary genre. It begins by discriminating between the literature of roguery and the picaresque in particular before discussing the origins of the genre in Spain and tracing its development into Europe. The book concludes with a brief description of ‘contemporary’ works which belong to the same tradition. In tracing the itinerary of the picaro in Europe and in America, it attempts to define a ‘myth’ of the picaresque which consists of two phases: the first being the traditional Spanish model of the picaresque and the second comprising of an ‘anti-picaresque’ myth, in which the ‘hero’ or ‘anti-hero’ no longer remains alienated but instead is the figure in which the ‘new’ society is formed.
A Companion To The Spanish Picaresque Novel
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Author : Edward H. Friedman
language : en
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Release Date : 2022-09-20
A Companion To The Spanish Picaresque Novel written by Edward H. Friedman and has been published by Boydell & Brewer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-09-20 with Picaresque literature, Spanish categories.
Written by an international group of scholars, this edited collection provides an overview of the Spanish picaresque from its origins in tales of lowborn adventurers to its importance for the modern novel, along with consideration of the debates that the picaresque has inspired.
Widowhood In Early Modern Spain
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Author : Stephanie Fink De Backer
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2010-11-26
Widowhood In Early Modern Spain written by Stephanie Fink De Backer and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-11-26 with History categories.
This study of Castilian widows, based on extensive analysis of literary and archival sources, provides insight into the complex mechanisms lying behind the formulation of gender boundaries and the pragmatic politics of everyday life in the early modern world.
Roads Of Her Own
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Author : Alexandra Ganser
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2009-01-01
Roads Of Her Own written by Alexandra Ganser and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-01-01 with Social Science categories.
Reading Jack Kerouac’s classic On the Road through Virginia Woolf’s canonical A Room of One’s Own, the author of this book examines a genre in North American literature which, despite its popularity, has received little attention in literary and cultural criticism: women’s road narratives. The study shows how women’s literature has inscribed itself into the American discourse of the Whitmanesque “open road”, or, more generally, the “freedom of the road”. Women writers have participated in this powerful American myth, yet at the same time also have rejected that myth as fundamentally based on gendered and racial/ethnic hierarchies and power structures, and modified it in the process of writing back to it. The book analyzes stories about female runaways, outlaws, questers, adventurers, kidnappees, biker chicks, travelling saleswomen, and picaras and makes theoretical observations on the debates regarding discourses of spatiality and mobility—debates which have defined the so-called spatial turn in the humanities. The analytical concept of transdifference is introduced to theorize the dissonant plurality of social and cultural affiliations as well as the narrative tensions produced by such pluralities in order to better understand the textual worlds of women’s multiple belongings as they are present in these writings. Roads of Her Own is thus not only situated in the broader context of a constructivist cultural studies, but also, by discussing narrative mobility under the sign of gender, combines insights from social theory and philosophy, feminist cultural geography, and literary studies. Key names and concepts: Doreen Massey – Rosi Braidotti – Literary Studies – Spatial Turn – Gendered Space and Mobility – Nomadism – Road writing – Transdifference – American Culture – Popular Culture – Women’s Literature after the Second Wave – Quest – Picara.
Transgression And Subversion
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Author : Maren Lickhardt
language : en
Publisher: transcript Verlag
Release Date : 2018-09-30
Transgression And Subversion written by Maren Lickhardt and has been published by transcript Verlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-09-30 with Literary Criticism categories.
Is the pícaro, the roguish hero of early modern Spanish adventure fiction, a 'real man'? What position does he hold in the gender hierarchy of his fictional social context? Why is the pícara so 'non-female'? What effect has her gender constitution on her fictional social context? In terms of a gendered subject, the picaresque figure has hardly been analyzed so far. Although scholars have recognized it as a transgressive and subversive model, the 'queer' effect of the figure is yet to be examined. With regard to the categories of class, generation, topography, and gender, the contributions assembled in this volume explore Spanish, French, English, and German novels narratologically from the perspective of culture and gender theories.
The Picaresque Novel In Western Literature
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Author : J. A. G. Ardila
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2015-05-19
The Picaresque Novel In Western Literature written by J. A. G. Ardila and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-05-19 with Literary Criticism categories.
Explores picaresque fiction across ages and cultures, providing a revealing and fresh examination of this literary genre.