Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-201) and index.
Contents
1. Introduction: Collector -- 2. First-person narration and unreliability -- 3. Pícaro: Golden ass ; Lazarillo de Tormes ; Guzmán de Alfarache ; Scavenger ; Simplicius Simplicissimus ; Moll Flanders ; Augie March ; Felix Krull -- 4. Clown: Praise of folly ; Tristram shandy ; Lolita ; Tin drum -- 5. Madman: "Dairy of a madman" ; Notes from the underground ; Short stories of Edgar Allan Poe ; Blind owl -- 6. Naif: Huckleberry Finn ; Catcher in the rye.
