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  • 111pic´a|resque´ly — pic|a|resque «PIHK uh REHSK», adjective, noun. –adj. dealing with rogues and their adventures: »“Gil Blas,” “Moll Flanders,” and “Anthony Adverse” are picaresque works. –n. a picaresque work of fiction: »The more lasting and important kind of… …

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  • 112pic|a|resque — «PIHK uh REHSK», adjective, noun. –adj. dealing with rogues and their adventures: »“Gil Blas,” “Moll Flanders,” and “Anthony Adverse” are picaresque works. –n. a picaresque work of fiction: »The more lasting and important kind of novel of the… …

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  • 113pic|a|roon — «PIHK uh ROON», noun, verb. –n. 1. a rogue, thief, or brigand: »I see in thy countenance something of the pedlar something of the picaroon (Scott). 2. a pirate: »He was somewhat of a trader, something more of a smuggler, with a considerable dash… …

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  • 114Picaresque — 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. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 115picaroon — I. noun or pickaroon Etymology: Spanish picarón, augmentative of pícaro Date: 1624 1. pirate 2. picaro II. intransitive verb Date: 1625 to act as a pirate …

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  • 116Lazarillo de Tormes — The Life of Lazarillo de Tormes and of His Fortunes and Adversities ( La vida de Lazarillo de Tormes y de sus fortunas y adversidades ) is a Spanish novella, published anonymously, in 1554 in Alcalá de Henares in Spain, and, in 1555, in Antwerp,… …

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  • 117Culture of Spain — The culture of Spain is based on a variety of influences. The Visigothic Kingdom left a sense of a united Christian Hispania that was going to be welded in the Reconquista. Muslim influences were strong during the period of 711 AD to the 15th… …

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  • 118Spanish art — European influences include Italy and France, especially during the Baroque and Neoclassical periods.Painting Renaissance Luis de Morales was called by his contemporaries The Divine Morales , because of his skill and the shocking realism of his… …

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  • 119Trickster — For other uses, see Trickster (disambiguation). The trickster figure Reynard the Fox as depicted in an 1869 children s book by Michel Rodange. In mythology, and in the study of folklore and religion, a trickster is a god, goddess, spirit …

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  • 120Плутовской роман — ведет свое начало из Испании, где в 1553 г. (в Бургосе) вышел в свет роман Мендозы (см.) Жизнь Лазарильо из Тормес и его удачи и неудачи , имевший громадный успех и переведенный на другие европейские языки; один из английских переводов выдержал… …

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