Postcolonial Modernism and the Picaresque Novel Literatures of Preca
This book is about the contemporary picaresque novel. Despite its popularity, the picaresque, unlike the bildungsroman, is still an undertheorized genre, especially for the context of postcolonial literatures. This study considers the picaresque
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Postcolonial Modernism and the Picaresque Novel
Literatures of Precarity
Postcolonial Modernism and the Picaresque Novel
Jens Elze
Postcolonial Modernism and the Picaresque Novel Literatures of Precarity
Jens Elze Berlin, Germany
ISBN 978-3-319-51937-1 ISBN 978-3-319-51938-8 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-51938-8 Library of Congress Control Number: 2017933855 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover credit: © Clive Watts/Alamy Stock Photo Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
Acknowledgments
This book has been many years in the making and various individuals and institutions contributed immensely to its coming into existence. The main portion of it was written and conceived as part of my doctoral studies at the Friedrich Schlegel Graduate School of Literary Studies at the Free University of Berlin between 2009 and 2012. This period of focussed research and writing was generously funded by the German Research Council (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft). I wish to thank my fellow graduate students for the enlightening and critical discussions during that time and the administrative staff and advisory board of the Graduate School for their support. Prof. Joachim Küpper of the Graduate School provided valuable mentoring at that time and helped to turn the dissertation into a truly comparative project. Important revisions to the original dissertation have been made during my time at the Department of English at the Free University of Berlin. I want to thank in particular Prof. Andreas Mahler for inspiring discussions that have expanded my understanding of the possibil
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