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La anatomía de El diablo cojuelo: Deslindes del género anatomístico

La anatomía de El diablo cojuelo: Deslindes del género anatomístico in Bloomington, MN
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Freeing himself from the conflicting doctrines of novelistic interpretation, George Peale's innovative study separates
El Diablo cojuelo
from other Iberian prose works of its time, striking against the critical tendency to align the text with either
Lazarillo de Tormes
for its picaresque qualities, or the
Celestina
, for its novelistic ones. Instead, this volume, by re-examining the generic elements of
, establishes it as an
Anatomy
, a style of deconstructive satire born in the sixteenth century. A welcome addition to the critical canon on early Iberian fictional prose, this book serves scholars of the peninsula at all levels, breaking down barriers and joyously complicating the categorization of narrative.
El Diablo cojuelo
from other Iberian prose works of its time, striking against the critical tendency to align the text with either
Lazarillo de Tormes
for its picaresque qualities, or the
Celestina
, for its novelistic ones. Instead, this volume, by re-examining the generic elements of
, establishes it as an
Anatomy
, a style of deconstructive satire born in the sixteenth century. A welcome addition to the critical canon on early Iberian fictional prose, this book serves scholars of the peninsula at all levels, breaking down barriers and joyously complicating the categorization of narrative.