{"product_id":"life-of-lazarillo-de-tormes-a-critical-edition-including-the-original-spanish-text-paperback","title":"The Life of Lazarillo de Tormes: A Critical Edition Including the Original Spanish Text - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlfonso J. García Osuna\u003c\/b\u003e (Other)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The beginning of the golden age of Spanish literature and the particular socio-political circumstances of early 16th century Spain made fertile ground for the emergence of the picaresque novel, an early form of the first-person narrative novel relating the adventures of a rogue or lowborn traveler (Spanish \u003ci\u003epicaro\u003c\/i\u003e) as he drifts through the Spanish countryside from one social milieu to another in an effort to survive. Influenced largely by the medieval tradition of the \u003ci\u003efabliaux\u003c\/i\u003e and by the early Italian Renaissance, and structured upon a foundation of anecdotes, proverbs, popular beliefs, and folk tales, the picaro's discourse becomes a satirical survey of the hypocrisies and corruptions of society.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The picaresque novel is exemplified by the prototypical and anonymously written \u003ci\u003eLazarillo de Tormes\u003c\/i\u003e, published in 1554, in which the poor boy Lazaro describes his services under seven successive lay and clerical masters, each of whom hides a dubious character beneath a mask of hypocrisy. So piercing are its deliberate social criticisms, irreverent wit, anticlerical attitude and string of mischievous misadventures that \u003ci\u003eLazarillo\u003c\/i\u003e was an entry in the 1559 \u003ci\u003eIndex of Prohibited Books\u003c\/i\u003e. For the modern reader, the choice of characters and the backdrop for \u003ci\u003eLazarillo de Tormes\u003c\/i\u003e reveal the heart of Spain's national dilemma after the crucial events of the 1520s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This dual-language, annotated critical edition of \u003ci\u003eLazarillo de Tormes\u003c\/i\u003e presents the complete text of the novel in both English and Spanish. The translation attempts to capture in modern English not only the meaning of the historical text, but also the qualities of its original style.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlfonso J. García Osuna\u003c\/b\u003e is the chair of the Department of Foreign Languages at Kingsborough, a College of the City University of New York. He is also the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Cuban Filmography: 1897 through 2001\u003c\/i\u003e (2003).\u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.46 x 8.98 x 6.22 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 28, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42131633275015,"sku":"9780786421343","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/7cedc70df0b2a1e82cb1fe79c3a70504.webp?v=1732620422","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/life-of-lazarillo-de-tormes-a-critical-edition-including-the-original-spanish-text-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}