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Lazarillo de Tormes and The Grifter (El Buscon): Two Novels of the Low Life in Golden Age Spain
Francisco de Quevedo
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Description for Lazarillo de Tormes and The Grifter (El Buscon): Two Novels of the Low Life in Golden Age Spain
Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages, 0. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 215 x 14. Weight in Grams: 258.
An elegant, precise, and accessible modern-English rendering of the two best examples of the early modern picaresque genre: the paradigmatic Lazarillo de Tormes and Quevedo's mordant El Buscon . Frye's translations are triumphant, capturing the cadence of popular early modern speech while remaining faithful to the original texts; his notes illuminate the diverse contexts in which the texts were written. Frye gives careful attention throughout to the historical background that propelled these two parallel but different monuments of Golden Age Spanish literature. --Teofilo Ruiz, UCLA
An elegant, precise, and accessible modern-English rendering of the two best examples of the early modern picaresque genre: the paradigmatic Lazarillo de Tormes and Quevedo's mordant El Buscon . Frye's translations are triumphant, capturing the cadence of popular early modern speech while remaining faithful to the original texts; his notes illuminate the diverse contexts in which the texts were written. Frye gives careful attention throughout to the historical background that propelled these two parallel but different monuments of Golden Age Spanish literature. --Teofilo Ruiz, UCLA
Product Details
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
257g
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
Cambridge, MA, United States
ISBN
9781624663444
SKU
V9781624663444
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About Francisco de Quevedo
David Frye is Program Associate in Latin American and Caribbean Studies and Adjunct Professor of Anthropology, University of Michigan. Due to the nature of this book and the consequences the author would inevitably face in revealing his identity, the writer has remained anonymous for over sixty years. It is thought that much of the material that this book comprises came ... Read more
Reviews for Lazarillo de Tormes and The Grifter (El Buscon): Two Novels of the Low Life in Golden Age Spain
A delightful new version of two of the best picaresque novels ever written. Rising admirably to the challenges posed by these texts, Frye uses modern American idioms to bridge the gap between Golden Age Spain and our times; the resulting translations are lively and readable. He manages to capture, in modern English, all of the humor of The Grifter's many ... Read more