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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 is the third studio album from The Decemberists. It was released in 2005 on the Kill Rock Stars record label. The word "picaresque" refers...
- Picaresque may refer to: Picaresque novel, po****r subgenre of prose fiction Picaresque (album), 2005 album by American rock band The Decemberists This...
- their LP Picaresque. It contains previously unreleased material from the Picaresque recording sessions. Besides being packaged with Picaresque on vinyl...
- 16th-century writer was François Rabelais, who wrote five po****r early picaresque novels. Rabelais was also in regular communication with Marguerite de...
- 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...
- Rubén Romero, which was first published in 1938. The novel follows the picaresque genre. The protagonist Jesús "Pito Pérez" travels the world then returns...
- Kim is a picaresque novel by English author Rudyard Kipling. It was first published serially in McClure's Magazine from December 1900 to October 1901 as...
- Iceland-like Rime Isle. The novels have many picaresque elements, and are sometimes described as picaresque on the whole. The majority of the stories are...
- for northern Africa and the Middle East. Blending elements of fable and picaresque fiction, it is distinctly postcolonial in its marginalization of Europe...