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• Picaresque novel, "Early form of novel, usually a first-person narrative, relating the adventures of a rogue or lowborn adventurer (Spanish pícaro) as he drifts from place to place and from one social milieu to another in his effort to survive." - Source: Britannica 
• Some modern examples include Blood Meridian (McCarthy), Mason & Dixon (Pynchon), The Goldfinch (Donna Tartt), Under the Net (Murdoch), Invisible Man (Ellison), The Sot-Weed Factor (Barth), and The White Tiger (Adiga). 

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• Rosicrucian, "member of a worldwide brotherhood claiming to possess esoteric wisdom handed down from ancient times. The name derives from the order’s symbol, a rose on a cross, which is similar to the family coat of arms of Martin Luther. Rosicrucian teachings are a combination of occultism and other religious beliefs and practices, including Hermeticism, Jewish mysticism, and Christian gnosticism. The central feature of Rosicrucianism is the belief that its members possess secret wisdom that was handed down to them from ancient times." - Source: Britannica

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