 | Discourses of Poverty: Social Reform and the Picaresque Novel in Early Modern Spain Subjects: Picaresque literature Spanish -- History and Criticism; Spanish fiction -- Classical period 1500–1700 -- History and criticism; Poverty in literature; Cruz examines the treatment of poverty, prostitution, war, and other social concerns in the cultural and literary discourses of early modern Spain. Cruz Anne : Anne J. Cruz is Professor of Spanish, The University of Illinois, Chicago. |
