What view of society and of the church emerges from Lazarillo de Tormes?

Title: What view of society and of the church emerges from Lazarillo de Tormes?
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What view of society and of the church emerges from Lazarillo de Tormes?

Towards the end of the 15th century, the general public was becoming increasingly literate and books more readily available due to cheap printing. Although the normal reading tendencies leaned toward history, biographies and travel books, there is a sign that an interest was emerging in a more realistic presentation of society and its problems. Not surprisingly, when Lazarillo de Tormes was written, albeit anonymously, it was a popular book with reprintings, additions of extra parts …showed first 75 words of 2318 total…

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…showed last 75 words of 2318 total…Renaissance 1500-1600, Penguin Books. 5.         Richard Bjornson,The Picaresque Hero in European Fiction, The University of Wisconsin Press. 6.         R.O.Jones, A Literary History of Spain-The Golden Age Prose and Poetry(The 16th and 17th centuries). Ernest Benn Ltd/Barnes and Noble Inc. 7.         University of St.Andrews, Forum for Modern Language Studies,W.C.Henderson & Son Ltd.1965. 8.         David Rowland, The Life of Lazarillo De Tormes with introduction notes by Keith Whitlock.Aris & Phillips Ltd. Warminster.

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