The Life of Lazarillo de Tormes: A Critical Edition Including the Original Spanish TextAlfonso J. García Osuna McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers, 2005 M07 14 - 157 pages The beginning of the golden age of Spanish literature and the particular socio-political circumstances of early 16th century Spain made fertile ground for the emergence of the picaresque novel, an early form of the first-person narrative novel relating the adventures of a rogue or lowborn traveler (Spanish picaro) as he drifts through the Spanish countryside from one social milieu to another in an effort to survive. Influenced largely by the medieval tradition of the fabliaux and by the early Italian Renaissance, and structured upon a foundation of anecdotes, proverbs, popular beliefs, and folk tales, the picaro's discourse becomes a satirical survey of the hypocrisies and corruptions of society. The picaresque novel is exemplified by the prototypical and anonymously written Lazarillo de Tormes, published in 1554, in which the poor boy Lazaro describes his services under seven successive lay and clerical masters, each of whom hides a dubious character beneath a mask of hypocrisy. So piercing are its deliberate social criticisms, irreverent wit, anticlerical attitude and string of mischievous misadventures that Lazarillo was an entry in the 1559 Index of Prohibited Books. For the modern reader, the choice of characters and the backdrop for Lazarillo de Tormes reveal the heart of Spain's national dilemma after the crucial events of the 1520s. This dual-language, annotated critical edition of Lazarillo de Tormes presents the complete text of the novel in both English and Spanish. The translation attempts to capture in modern English not only the meaning of the historical text, but also the qualities of its original style. |
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... bread . Tak- ing whole loaves is not convenient , as the deficit would surely be noticed by he who makes me live in deficit . This can be done . " I began to crumb the bread over some inexpensive tablecloths he had there , taking one ...
... bread . Tak- ing whole loaves is not convenient , as the deficit would surely be noticed by he who makes me live in deficit . This can be done . " I began to crumb the bread over some inexpensive tablecloths he had there , taking one ...
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... bread that had been left over from my morning's begging . Spotting this , he said to me : “ Come hither , boy . What are you eat- ing ? " I approached him and showed him the bread . He took a piece , the best and biggest of the three I ...
... bread that had been left over from my morning's begging . Spotting this , he said to me : “ Come hither , boy . What are you eat- ing ? " I approached him and showed him the bread . He took a piece , the best and biggest of the three I ...
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... bread that has fallen on the ground as you pick it up . See Lazarillo de Tormes , ed Alberto Blecua , p . 118 , footnote 149. Also , in Genesis 33:10 : “ And Jacob said [ to Esau ] , Nay , I pray thee , if now I have found grace in thy ...
... bread that has fallen on the ground as you pick it up . See Lazarillo de Tormes , ed Alberto Blecua , p . 118 , footnote 149. Also , in Genesis 33:10 : “ And Jacob said [ to Esau ] , Nay , I pray thee , if now I have found grace in thy ...
Contents
Preface | 1 |
The Picaresque Novel La vida | 9 |
The Life of Lazarillo de Tormes | 19 |
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