by Fernando de Rojas · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788449500381
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«La Celestina» is the tragicomedy by Fernando de Rojas, published by M.E. Editores in paperback (221 pages, in Spanish).
Also known as Tragicomedy of Calisto and Melibea, it narrates the love of Calisto and Melibea and the wiles of the go-between Celestina to favour them. Amorous passion and deceit lead to a tragic outcome, and the character of Celestina has become an archetype of world literature.
1994 edition with introduction and notes by Juan Alarcón Benito, in the Clásicos de siempre collection (no. 38). The text, originally published as Comedia or Tragicomedia de Calisto y Melibea, dates from 1499.
For students of Spanish literature and readers interested in the classics of Spanish theatre.
Fernando de Rojas was a Spanish author and dramatist, known for his only surviving work, La Celestina, first published in 1499. It is variously considered "the last work of the Spanish Middle Ages or the first work of the Spanish Renaissance".
