Comedy of Calisto and Melibea (Burgos, Spain, 1499), better known as Celestina
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Date
2019
Authors
Montero, Ana M.
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University of Oregon Libraries
Abstract
This bilingual unit (Spanish/English text and translation, with intro and notes in English) contains a brief introduction to the Spanish masterpiece Celestina, or The Tragicomedy of Calisto and Melibea, and a fragment from a dialogue in Act VII adapted for modern readers with notes, and a short bibliography. Celestina deals with love, the decline of nobility, prostitution, witchcraft, money, death, and laughter. It also includes several medical beliefs that especially affect women´s health. Not surprisingly, it is one of those few works that has been continually read since its appearance in 1499, although it has often been accompanied by controversy and, at times, censorship. Today, Celestina remains as a groundbreaking creation, often seen as a piece that marks the transition in Iberia from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance. Types of courses where the text might be useful: History, literature, and culture of medieval and early modern Spain; birth of novel; gender literature; history of medicine.
Description
10 pages (English), 8 pages (Spanish), English and Spanish translation available
Keywords
16th-century Spanish literature, Medieval Iberian literature, Medieval Spanish Literature