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“This is by far the best piece of scholarship I have read on the subject of the Mexican picaresque, and that includes the book I wrote on the subject. It includes brilliant re-evaluations of many classic picaresque narratives from Mexico but also includes equally brilliant analyses of more recent narratives.” —Timothy G. Compton, author of Mexican Picaresque Narratives


"This smart, spirited book is more than a monograph with one bright idea. Readers across fields in the humanities will find leads and provocations informed by big thinkers beyond the inevitable Ångel Rama. . . . The book is rich in ideas about how literature is produced and about picaresque narratives as ‘fictions of liberation from the labor process’ that are yet basically conservative in outlook." —Hispanic American Historical Review



Table of Contents

Introduction

1. Genealogies

2. Value

3. Colonialism

4. Bodies

Epilogue: National Literatures, Global Contexts

The Picaresque and the Writing Life in Mexico

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      Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
      Publication Date: 15/05/2021
      ISBN13: 9780268200176, 978-0268200176
      ISBN10: 0268200173
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      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Trade Review

      “This is by far the best piece of scholarship I have read on the subject of the Mexican picaresque, and that includes the book I wrote on the subject. It includes brilliant re-evaluations of many classic picaresque narratives from Mexico but also includes equally brilliant analyses of more recent narratives.” —Timothy G. Compton, author of Mexican Picaresque Narratives


      "This smart, spirited book is more than a monograph with one bright idea. Readers across fields in the humanities will find leads and provocations informed by big thinkers beyond the inevitable Ångel Rama. . . . The book is rich in ideas about how literature is produced and about picaresque narratives as ‘fictions of liberation from the labor process’ that are yet basically conservative in outlook." —Hispanic American Historical Review



      Table of Contents

      Introduction

      1. Genealogies

      2. Value

      3. Colonialism

      4. Bodies

      Epilogue: National Literatures, Global Contexts

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