Celestina and the ends of desire /

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"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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Gerli, E. Michael
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Toronto [Ont.] : University of Toronto Press, ©2011.
Subjects:
Rojas, Fernando de, > -1541. > Celestina.
Celestina (Rojas, Fernando de)
Desire in literature.
Désir dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > Spanish & Portuguese.
DRAMA > Continental European.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The Chain of Desire: Linking Language and Longing
  • Celestina, Mistress of Desire
  • Calisto's Hunt: The Pursuit of Carnal Knowledge
  • Yearning to Look: Desire and the Pleasure of the Gaze
  • Complicitous Laughter: The Sounds of Desire
  • Melibea Speaks: Language and Feminine Desire
  • The Desire to Belong and the Body Politic
  • Precints of Contention: Locating Desire and Ideology in Celestina
  • Pleberio and the Ends of Desire.

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