by José Antonio Maravall · Taurus · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788430612659
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«La literatura picaresca desde la historia social (siglos XVI y XVII)» is a historical-social essay by José Antonio Maravall (Taurus, paperback, 800 pages).
The study starts from the picaro as a social type of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Spain and examines how picaresque literature reflects an era of crisis and hardship. Maravall reads these works as historical documents and links them to a broad mass of marginalized population.
Published in 1986 in Madrid, it belongs to the Ensayistas collection (Serie Maior, 265). Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
For scholars and readers interested in Golden Age literature, the picaresque, and the social history of modern Spain.
José Antonio Maravall Casesnoves was a Spanish historian and essayist associated with the Generation of '36 movement.
