La Celestina : Tragicomedia de Calixto y Melibea. ; Series Coleccio?n austral, no. 195
by Rojas, Fernando de, 1465-1541
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Buenos Aires : Espasa-Calpe Argentina, 1965., 1965. Book. Fair. Soft cover. 8th edition ; 146 pp., 18 cm ; (Collecion Austral ; 195) ; Fernando de Rojas's one and only literary effort, published in 1499 ; paper wrappers ; foxed ; writing to page 32 ; a reading copy ; FAIR ; "La Celestina es una magnífica historia a la cual también se le conoce como Tragicomedia de Calisto y Melibea, obra de Fernando de Rojas, escritor español que se halló entre la Edad Media y el Renacimiento, uniendo en sus escritos estas etapas tan convulsas de la historia. Se dice que tuvo cierto apoyo de una mano misteriosa al agregarle cinco actos más a este relato, pero aun así sigue siendo un gran clásico. La historia cuenta los amores ilícitos de los jóvenes Calisto y Melibea, quienes son auxiliados por Celestina, una vieja alcahueta que también es ayudada por una vasta corte de criados para alcanzar la dicha de los muchachos." ; the characters: CALISTO - Mancebo enamorado, MELIBEA - Hija de Pleberio., PLEBERIO. - Padre de Melibea, ALISA - Madre de Melibea, CELESTINA -Alcahueta, PARMENO, SEMPRONIO, TRISTAN - Criados de Calisto., SOSIA, CRITO . - Putañero., LUCRECIA - Criada de Pleberio., ELICIA. y AREUSA - Rameras., CENTURIO - Rofian..
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La Celestina (used as title, synecdoche, one of the characters of the book actually called Tragicomedia de Calisto y Melibea or Comedia de Calisto y Melibea, in English Tragicomedy of Calisto and Melibea) is a work composed entirely in dialog published by Fernando de Rojas in 1499. Rojas was a descendant of converted Jews, a lawyer, and late in life served as an alderman of Talavera de la Reina, an important commercial center near Toledo.
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- Joseph Valles - Books (US)
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- Title
- La Celestina : Tragicomedia de Calixto y Melibea. ; Series Coleccio?n austral, no. 195
- Author
- Rojas, Fernando de, 1465-1541
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Publisher
- Buenos Aires : Espasa-Calpe Argentina, 1965.
- Date Published
- 1965
- Keywords
- fernando rojas spanish drama plays
- Bookseller catalogs
- Catalog 57 - Spanish Literature;
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