Konstantin Mierau y Binne de Haan (eds.). Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. 2014
Microhistory and the Picaresque Novel
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Acknowledgements ……………………………………………………………………….. vii
INTRODUCTION ………………………………………………………………………………… 1
Bringing Together Microhistory and the Picaresque Novel: Studying Menocchio, Guzmán de Alfarache, and Kin
Konstantin Mierau and Binne de Haan
CHAPTER ONE ……………………………………………………………………………….. 19
Microhistory and Picaresque
Giovanni Levi
CHAPTER TWO ………………………………………………………………………………. 29
How Marginal Are the Margins Today?: On the Historiographical Place of Microhistory
Matti Peltonen
CHAPTER THREE ……………………………………………………………………………. 47
Spatial Disturbances in the Spanish Picaresque Novel
Robert Folger
CHAPTER FOUR ……………………………………………………………………………… 69
Exceptions that Prove the Rule: Biography, Microhistory, and Marginals in Dutch Cities
Hans Renders
CHAPTER FIVE ………………………………………………………………………………. 83
Capturing City Life: How Urban History, Microhistory and Biography Meet in the Street
Binne de Haan
CHAPTER SIX ……………………………………………………………………………….. 107
“The Talk of the Town” in Los dos Mendozas by Gonzalo de Céspedes y Meneses: A Microhistorical Reading of a Costumbrist Text with Picaresque Roots
Konstantin Mierau
Contributors ………………………………………………………………………………… 129
Index ………………………………………………………………………………………….. 131