Vision, the Gaze, and the Function of the Senses in “Celestina” / / James F. Burke.

The plot of the late-medieval Spanish work Celestina (1499) centers on the ill-fated love of Calisto and Melibea and the fascinating character of their intermediary, Celestina. In this ground-breaking rereading of the play, James F. Burke offers a new interpretation of the characters' actions b...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn State University Press Complete eBook-Package Pre-2014
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Place / Publishing House:University Park, PA : : Penn State University Press, , [2015]
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Year of Publication:2015
Language:English
Series:Studies in Romance Literatures
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Physical Description:1 online resource (152 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • 1 The Sensory Fields, Ancient and Modern
  • 2 Celestina: The Sublunary Intermediary
  • 3 The Higher Spiritual Vision: Saint Mary Magdalene
  • 4 Arrows of Desire, Arrows of Envy
  • 5 "Todas cosas que son hacen": The Sonic Sphere
  • 6 The Banquet of Sense and the Garden of Delights
  • Works Cited
  • Index