Tragicomedy and Novelistic Discourse in Celestina

by Dorothy Sherman Severin

Book Overview

The late fifteenth-century Spanish masterpiece Celestina is one of the world's classics. In this important study, Dorothy Sherman Severin investigates how Fernando de Rojas' work in dialogue, which parodies earlier genres, is a precursor of the modern novel. In Celestina, the hero Calisto parodies the courtly lover, the heroine Melibea lives through classical examples and popular students' knowledge, the bawd and go-between Celestina deals a blow...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 052112283X
• ISBN13: 9780521122832
• Release Date: November 2009
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 156 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"