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Definition of Picaresque

Picaresque
Picaresque Pic`a*resque", a. [F., fr. Sp. picaro rogue.] Applied to that class of literature in which the principal personage is the Spanish picaro, meaning a rascal, a knave, a rogue, an adventurer.

Meaning of Picaresque from wikipedia

- The picaresque novel (Spanish: picaresca, from pícaro, for 'rogue' or 'rascal') is a genre of prose fiction. It depicts the adventures of a roguish but...
- Picaresque may refer to: Picaresque novel, po****r subgenre of prose fiction Picaresque (album), 2005 album by American rock band The Decemberists This...
- Picaresque is the third studio album from The Decemberists. It was released in 2005 on the Kill Rock Stars record label. The word "picaresque" refers...
- their LP Picaresque. It contains previously unreleased material from the Picaresque recording sessions. Besides being packaged with Picaresque on vinyl...
- four books originally published from 1950 to 1984. Some have been called picaresque. They vary from short story collections to a fix-up (novel created from...
- The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle is a picaresque novel by the Scottish author Tobias Smollett, first published in 1751 and revised and published again...
- Kim is a picaresque novel by Nobel Prize-winning English author Rudyard Kipling. It was first published serially in McClure's Magazine from December 1900...
- Huckleberry Finn, but as the two separate and Jim goes off on his own picaresque "adventures", the tone turns more serious as it explores issues of rape...
- Factotum (1975) is a picaresque novel by American author Charles Bukowski. It is Bukowski’s second novel and a prequel to Post Office (1971). Set in the...
- his novel can also be read as a journal of opinion in the guise of a picaresque novel. It follows the adventures of Pedro Sarmiento (nicknamed "Periquillo...