Celestina and the Ends of Desire

Inbunden, Engelska, 2011

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One of the most widely-read and translated Spanish works in sixteenth-century Europe was Fernando de Rojas' Celestina, a 1499 novel in dialogue about a couple that faces heartbreak and tragedy after being united by the titular brothel madam. In 'Celestina' and the Ends of Desire, E. Michael Gerli illustrates how this work straddles the medieval and the modern in its exploration of changing categories of human desire - from the European courtly love tradition to the interpretation of want as an insatiable, destructive force.Gerli's analysis draws on a wide range of Celestina scholarship but is unique in its use of modern literary and psychoanalytic theory to confront the problematic links between literature and life. Explorations of influence of desire on knowledge, action, and lived experience connect the work to seismic shifts in the culture of early modern Europe. Engaging and original, 'Celestina' and the Ends of Desire takes a fresh look at the timeless work's widespread appeal and enduring popularity.

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Utgivningsdatum2011-06-18
Mått160 x 236 x 25 mm
Vikt560 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor256
FörlagUniversity of Toronto Press
ISBN9781442642553
UtmärkelserWinner of Modern Language Association Katherine Singer Kovacs Prize 2012 (United States)

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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)