By Anonymous,Ilan Stavans

Anonymously released in 1554, Lazarillo de Tormes continues to be a centerpiece of Renaissance literature and arguably the preferred instance of the picaresque novel.

This Norton severe version relies on Ilan Stavans’ new translation, which literally captures the verve of the original.

  • The Norton severe variation additionally includes:

    An creation and explanatory annotations through Ilan Stavans.

  • Contextual fabrics highlighting the novella’s robust anticlerical perspectives and its affinities with Don Quixote in depictions of social hierarchy in Renaissance Spain, in addition to excerpts from Juan de Luna’s Lazarillo sequel.
  • Eight serious experiences, by way of David Gitlitz, Jane W. Albrecht, Louis C. Pérez, Edward H. Friedman, Howard Mancing, T. Anthony Perry, Gabriel H. Lovett, and E. Herman Hespelt.
  • A chosen Bibliography.

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