by Fernando de Rojas, María Teresa Otal Piedrafita · Castalia Ediciones · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788497404235
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«La Celestina» is a classic work by Fernando de Rojas, edited by María Teresa Otal Piedrafita, published by Castalia Ediciones in paperback (330 pages).
Calisto falls in love with Melibea and turns to Celestina, an old procuress and sorceress, to win her over. Masters and servants alike are swept away by desire and pleasure in a work poised between novel and theater, reflecting a society in crisis. Edition adapted for young readers while preserving the coherence of the text.
Volume 42 of Castalia Prima. The text was originally published as Comedia o Tragicomedia de Calisto y Melibea. The edition includes an introductory study, reading guide, glossary and bibliography.
For young readers approaching the classics of Spanish literature for the first time.
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".
