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Celestina

Celestina

Roberto González Echevarría
5/5 ( ratings)
The racy and irreverent Spanish tragicomedy that is considered the first European novel -- in a spirited new translation

A Spanish Romeo and Juliet, Celestina was published in 1499 and became Spain's first-ever bestseller. Readers thrilled to the salty character of Celestina and her world of prostitutes and black magic even as they mourned the fate of Calisto and Melibea, the young lovers she unites using her wiles as a seller of perfumes and potions. Fernando de Rojas's exhilarating mix of street wit, obscenity, and cultured rhetoric mark Celestina as a masterpiece: an original, explosive, genre-defying work that paved the way for the picaresque novel and for Cervantes.
Language
English
Pages
288
Format
Kindle Edition
Publisher
Yale University Press
Release
September 15, 2009

Celestina

Roberto González Echevarría
5/5 ( ratings)
The racy and irreverent Spanish tragicomedy that is considered the first European novel -- in a spirited new translation

A Spanish Romeo and Juliet, Celestina was published in 1499 and became Spain's first-ever bestseller. Readers thrilled to the salty character of Celestina and her world of prostitutes and black magic even as they mourned the fate of Calisto and Melibea, the young lovers she unites using her wiles as a seller of perfumes and potions. Fernando de Rojas's exhilarating mix of street wit, obscenity, and cultured rhetoric mark Celestina as a masterpiece: an original, explosive, genre-defying work that paved the way for the picaresque novel and for Cervantes.
Language
English
Pages
288
Format
Kindle Edition
Publisher
Yale University Press
Release
September 15, 2009

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