by Fernando de Rojas · Castalia Ediciones · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788497403801
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«La Celestina» is the tragicomedy by Fernando de Rojas, published by Castalia Ediciones in paperback (578 pages, in Spanish).
Calisto, a young nobleman, chases a falcon and enters Melibea's garden; in love and rejected, he makes a pact with Celestina, an old procuress who pulls the strings of masters and servants. Passion, greed and deceit intertwine in a plot that reflects a society in crisis, between the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.
Part of the Castalia Didáctica collection (no. 55). Edition by Marta Haro Cortés and Juan Carlos Conde, with introduction, bibliography, notes and study guidance.
Due to its didactic apparatus, it is suitable for literature students and for readers who want to read the classic with guidance and commentary.
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".
