The Lazarillo Phenomenon addresses a fundamental question in Hispanic
Studies, why do we continue studying La Vida de Lazarillo de Tormes? As
a classic literary text, Lazarillo's destiny depends on the relations it
establishes over time with individuals and institutions responsible for
literary, commercial, and ideological matters. This book brings together
nine literary scholars from different critical approaches who address
this question and reconsider the state of Lazarillo studies. The
Lazarillo Phenomenon directs the reader's attention away from
traditional concerns and toward different areas such as the complexities
surrounding the production, transmission, and reception of the novel
across time, and the wide-ranging social, historical, political,
literary, economic, and religious circumstances in which it was written,
banned, censured, and finally re-circulated. Contributors include Reyes
Coll-Tellechea, María V. Jordán Arroyo, Ismene Kansí, Sean McDaniel,
Joseph V. Ricapito, Theresa Ann Sears, Benjamín Torrico, Anthony
Zahareas, and Oscar Pereira Zazo.