Picaresque novel
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The picaresque novel is a genre of prose fiction that depicts the adventures of a roguish but appealing hero, usually of low social class, who lives by his wits in a corrupt society. Picaresque novels
One of the most influential novels on the picaresque genre was The Golden Ass by Apuleius, which he published sometime in the 2nd century AD. (ms. Vat. Lat. 2194, Vatican Library) (1345 illustration).
Title page of the book Guzmán de Alfarache (1599)
Lazarillo de Tormes
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The Life of Lazarillo de Tormes and of His Fortunes and Adversities is a Spanish novella, published anonymously because of its anticlerical content. The oldest editions were published in 1554 in four
Picaresque novel
…an episodic prose narrative" with a realistic style. There are often elements of comedy and satire. The picaresque genre began with the Spanish novel Lazarillo de Tormes (1554), which was published anonymously during the Spanish Golden Age because of its anticlerical content. Literary works from Imperial Rome published…
Lazarillo de Tormes and his blind master by Théodule Ribot (Cleveland Museum of Art)
Burgos, Juan de Junta
Alcalá de Henares, Salcedo
Antwerp, Martín Nucio (Martinus Nutius)