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La Celestina
Sign in to saveAlso known as Rojas, Fernando de, -1541. Edición facsimilar de La Celestina, Rojas, Fernando de, -1541. Tragicomedia de Calisto y Melibea, Rojas, Fernando de, -1541. Celestina comentada, Rojas, Fernando de, -1541. Comedy of Calisto and Melibea, Rojas, Fernando de, -1541. Tragicomedy of Calisto and Melibea, Rojas, Fernando de, -1541. Comedia de Calisto y Melibea, Rojas, Fernando de, -1541. Comedia o Tragicomedia de Calisto y Melibea
Spanish literary tragicomedy
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- Author
- Fernando de Rojas
- First published
- 1899
- Editions
- 94
- Subjects
- Bibliography, Spanish language books, Spanish drama, Textual Criticism, DRAMA ESPAÑOL, Teatro Espanhol, Classical period, Teatro español
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Key facts
- Author
- Fernando de Rojas
- Original title
- Comedia de Calisto y Melibea
- Language
- Spanish
- Genre
- Medieval novel
- Publisher
- Burgos
- Publication place
- Spain
- Media type
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Encyclopedic overview
The Tragicomedy of Calisto and Melibea (Spanish: Tragicomedia de Calisto y Melibea), known in Spain as La Celestina, is a work entirely in dialogue published in 1499. Sometimes called in English The Spanish Bawd, it is attributed to Fernando de Rojas, a descendant of converted Jews, who practiced law and, later in life, served as an alderman of Talavera de la Reina, an important commercial center near Toledo.
The book is considered to be one of the greatest works of all Spanish literature and is even the single topic of a Spanish literary journal, Celestinesca. La Celestina is usually regarded as marking the end of the medieval period and the beginning of the renaissance in Spanish literature. Although usually regarded as a novel, it is written as a continuous series of dialogues and can be taken as a play, having been staged as such and filmed.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “La Celestina” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.