Celestina (Margellos World Republic of Letters) (The Margellos World Republic of Letters) - Hardcover

Fernando De Rojas; Margaret Sayers Peden (translator)

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 030014198X ISBN 13: 9780300141986

Publisher: Yale University Press, 2009

Synopsis

A timeless story of love, morality, and tragedy, Fernando de Rojas' 'Celestina' is a classic of Spanish literature. Second only to 'Don Quixote' in its cultural importance, Rojas' dramatic dialog presents the elaborate tale of a star-crossed courtship between the young nobleman Calisto and the beautiful maiden Melibea in fifteenth-century Spain. Their unforgettable saga plays out in vibrant exchanges, presented here in a brilliant new translation by award-winning translator Margaret Sayers Peden. After a chance encounter with Melibea leaves Calisto entranced by her charms, he enlists the services of Celestina, an aged prostitute, madam, and procuress, to arrange another meeting. She promptly seizes control of the affair, guiding it through a series of mishaps before it meets its tragic end. At times a comic character and at others a self-assertive promoter of women's sexual license, Celestina is an inimitable personality with a surprisingly modern consciousness, certain to be relished by a new generation of readers.

About this title

About the Author

Margaret Sayers Peden is professor emerita of Spanish at the University of Missouri and the translator of major works by Octavio Paz, Pablo Neruda, Isabel Allende and others. Roberto Gonzalez Echevarria is Sterling Professor of Hispanic and Comparative Literature, Yale University.

Edition details

• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 030014198X
• ISBN 13: 9780300141986
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 288
• Editor: Roberto Gonzalez Echevarria