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Lazarillo de Tormes and The Swindler

by Francisco de Quevedo, Anonymous, Diego Hurtado de Mendoza, Michael Alpert

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(2 ratings)
240 pages1554Penguin ClassicsISBN 9780140449006
Picaresque literatureTranslations into EnglishSpanish fictionSpanish Picaresque literaturePicaresque literature, spanishSpanish fiction--classical period, 1500-1700Pq6267.e5 l39 2003Spanish literature (collections)Lazarillo de TormesSpanish languageReaders

About this book

The unlikely heroes of the Spanish picaresque novels make their way - by whatever means they can - through a colourful and seamy underworld populated by unsavoury beggars, corrupt priests, eccentrics, whores and criminals. Both Lazarillo de Tormesand Pablos and the swindler are determined to attain the trappings of the gentleman, but have little time for the gentlemanly ideals of religion, justice, honour and nobility. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Publication Details

Publisher
Penguin Classics
Published
1554
Pages
240
ISBN
9780140449006
Language
en

About Francisco de Quevedo

Francisco Gómez de Quevedo Villegas y Santibáñez Cevallos (Madrid, 14 de septiembre de 1580​-Villanueva de los Infantes, Ciudad Real, 8 de septiembre de 1645) fue un noble, político y escritor español del Siglo de Oro. Fue caballero de la Orden de Santiago a partir de 1618. Junto con Luis de Góngora, con quien mantuvo una enemistad durante toda su vida, es reconocido como uno de los más notables poetas de la literatura española. Además de su poesía, fue un prolífico escritor de narrativa y teatro, así como de textos filosóficos y humanísticos. ---------- Francisco Gómez de Quevedo y Santibáñez Villegas (14 September 1580 – 8 September 1645) was a Spanish nobleman, politician and writer of the Baroque era. Along with his lifelong rival, Luis de Góngora, Quevedo was one of the most prominent Spanish poets of the age. His style is characterized by what was called conceptismo. This style existed in stark contrast to Góngora's culteranismo.

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