Home›Satirical, Picaresque and Comic Protagonists›GenderBrowse ByGenderFactsGenderSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEra of EmergenceWell-attested1554 1GenderMaleGender2 entriesSources1. Picaresque Novel (Wikipedia)tier 2Wikimedia Foundation (Wikipedia)Picaresque novel, lead section, Lazarillo de Tormes origin sentence (character)Quote, Picaresque novel, lead section, Lazarillo de Tormes origin sentence (character)The 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.