Celestina and the Ends of Desire /

Celestina and the Ends of Desire / / E. Michael Gerli.

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, E. M...

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Gerli, E. Michael,
Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2017]
©2011
Year of Publication:2017
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (256 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • A Note on Citations and Translations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Chain of Desire: Linking Language and Longing in Celestina
  • 2. Celestina, Mistress of Desire
  • 3. Calisto's Hunt: The Pursuit of Carnal Knowledge
  • 4. Yearning to Look: Desire and the Pleasure of the Gaze
  • 5. Complicitous Laughter: The Sounds of Desire
  • 6. Melibea Speaks: Language and Feminine Desire
  • 7. The Desire to Belong and the Body Politic
  • 8. Precincts of Contention: Locating Desire and Ideology in Celestina
  • 9. Pleberio and the Ends of Desire
  • Notes
  • Works Cited
  • Index

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