Celestina and the Ends of Desire
One of the most widely-read and translated Spanish works in sixteenth-century Europe was Fernando de Rojas'' Celestina, a 1499 novel in dialogue about a couple that faces heartbreak and tragedy after being united by the titular brothel madam. In ''Celestina'' and the Ends of Desire, E. Michael Gerli illustrates how this work straddles the medieval and the modern in its exploration of changing cate...
One of the most widely-read and translated Spanish works in sixteenth-century Europe was Fernando de Rojas'' Celestina, a 1499 novel in dialogue about a couple that faces heartbreak and tragedy after being united by the titular brothel madam. In ''Celestina'' and the Ends of Desire, E. Michael Gerli illustrates how this work straddles the medieval and the modern in its exploration of changing cate...
