Home›Satirical and Picaresque Fiction›Setting Country or Place›United StatesBrowse ByUnited StatesFactsUnited StatesSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEra of EmergenceWell-attested1554 1United StatesFilter Results1 entryGenreAllSatire (1)The Novel (1)AuthorAllJerzy Kosiński (1)Composition YearAll1970 (1)Original LanguageAllEnglish (1)Country of OriginAllUnited States (1)AudienceAllGeneral (1)FormAllThe Novel (1)Length BandAllNovel (1)Show ResultsBeing ThereUnited StatesSources1. Picaresque Novel (Wikipedia)tier 2Wikimedia Foundation (Wikipedia)Picaresque novel, lead section, Lazarillo de Tormes origin sentenceQuote, Picaresque novel, lead section, Lazarillo de Tormes origin sentenceThe picaresque genre began with the Spanish novel Lazarillo de Tormes (1554), which was published anonymously during the Spanish Golden Age because of its anticlerical content.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.