picaresque romance

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• Romancé — Roman (littérature) Pour les articles homonymes, voir Roman. Le roman est un genre littéraire aux contours flous caractérisé pour l essentiel par une narration fictionnelle plus ou moins longue, ce qui le distingue de la nouvelle. La place… …   Wikipédia en Français

• romance — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. novel, love story; exaggeration, fiction, tall story; love affair, gest, fantasy. See description, imagination, falsehood. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Experiences that excite the imagination] Syn. fancy,… …   English dictionary for students

• picaresque — adjective a) Of or pertaining to rogues or adventurers Opening in France just before the Revolution and concluding just after the attack on the Tuileries, Sabatinis novel deftly combines historical romance, picaresque novel and revenge tragedy.… …   Wiktionary

• Chinese literature — Introduction       the body of works written in Chinese, including lyric poetry, historical and didactic writing, drama, and various forms of fiction.       Chinese literature is one of the major literary heritages of the world, with an… …   Universalium

• Smollett, Tobias — ▪ Scottish novelist in full  Tobias George Smollett  baptized March 19, 1721, Cardross, Dumbartonshire, Scot. died Sept. 17, 1771, near Livorno, Tuscany [Italy]  Scottish satirical novelist, best known for his picaresque novels (picaresque novel) …   Universalium

• Joseph Andrews — Infobox Book name = Joseph Andrews title orig = The History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews and His Friend, Mr. Abraham Adams translator = image caption = author = Henry Fielding illustrator = cover artist = country = Britain language =… …   Wikipedia

• Paul Scarron — (c. July, 1610 October 6, 1660), French poet, dramatist, novelist and first husband of Madame de Maintenon, was baptized on July 4 1610.His father, of the same name, was a member of the parlement of Paris. Paul the younger became an abbé when he… …   Wikipedia

• Diego Rodriguez de Silva y Velazquez —     Diego Rodriguez de Silva y Velazquez     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Diego Rodriguez de Silva y Velazquez     Spanish painter, b. at Seville 5 June, 1599 (the certificate of baptism is dated 6 June); d. at Madrid, 7 August, 1660. His father,… …   Catholic encyclopedia

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• Scarron, Paul — (baptized July 4, 1610, Paris, France died Oct. 7, 1660, Paris) French writer. With his first works, Scarron helped make the burlesque a characteristic literary form of his time. Virgile travesty, 7 vol. (1648–53) was a very successful parody of… …   Universalium

• Boufflers, Stanislas-Jean, chevalier de — ▪ French author born May 31, 1738, Nancy, France died January 18, 1815, Paris  French writer, soldier, and academician remembered chiefly for his picaresque romance, Aline, reine de Golconde (“Aline, Queen of Golconde”).       His mother, the… …   Universalium