by Fernando de Rojas, María Teresa Otal Piedrafita · Castalia Ediciones · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788497401869
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«La Celestina» is the comedy or tragicomedy of Calisto and Melibea by Fernando de Rojas, published by Castalia Ediciones in paperback, 323 pages, in Spanish.
Calisto falls for Melibea and, when rejected, turns through his servant to Celestina, an old procuress and sorceress. Her mediation unleashes disputes over money between Celestina and the servants, and human love is presented as an overwhelming passion that takes precedence over divine love.
Edition by María Teresa Otal Piedrafita in the Castalia Prima collection (no. 42), published in 2006. Includes introduction, analysis, reading guide and glossary of proverbs, sayings and expressions.
Edition designed for young readers and for the school environment, with a reading guide and glossaries that make it easier to approach the classics.
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".
