Cruz examines the treatment of poverty, prostitution, war, and other social concerns in the cultural and literary discourses of early modern Spain.
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Frontmatter -- -- Contents -- -- Acknowledgments -- -- Introduction -- -- 1. Charity, Poverty, and Liminality in the Lazarillo -- -- 2. The Poor in Spain: Confinement and Control -- -- 3. The Picaresque as Pharmakos -- -- 4. Textualizing the Other’s Body -- -- 5. From Picaro to Soldier -- -- Notes -- -- Works Cited -- -- Index