Celestina and the Ends of Desire

E. Michael Gerli is Commonwealth Professor of Hispanic and Early Modern Studies at the University of Virginia.

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction The Chain of Desire: Linking Language and LongingCelestina, Mistress of DesireCalisto’s Hunt: The Pursuit of Carnal KnowledgeYearning to Look: Desire and the Pleasure of the GazeComplicitous Laughter: The Sounds of DesireMelibea Speaks: Language and Feminine DesireThe Desire to Belong and the Body PoliticPrecints of Contention: Locating Desire and Ideology in CelestinaPleberio and the Ends of DesireNotesWorks CitedIndex

‘Gerli’s study is an eloquent, intelligent, thought-provoking analysis, making an excellent contribution to Celestina studies.’ - Ivy A. Corfis (Revista de Estudios Hispanicos, vol 46:03:2012) ‘Without a doubt, Celestina and the Ends of Desire is the most innovative and significant full-length study of Fernando de Rojas’s masterpiece to appear in decades. Gerli’s work is a must-read for Hispanists, and it will also appeal more broadly to scholars of other Renaissance and early modern literatures and cultures.’- Ryan Giles (Modern Philology vol 111:03:2014)