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Book SynopsisIn A Companion to Celestina, Enrique Fernandez brings together twenty-three hitherto unpublished contributions on the Tragicomedia de Calisto y Melibea, popularly known as Celestina (c. 1499) written by leading experts who summarize, evaluate and expand on previous studies. The resulting chapters offer the non-specialist an overview of Celestina studies. Those who already know the field will find state of the art studies filled with new insights that elaborate on or depart from the well-established currents of criticism. Celestina's creation and sources, the parody of religious and erudite traditions, the treatment of magic, prostitution, the celestinesca and picaresque genre, the translations into other languages as well as the adaptations into the visual arts (engravings, paintings, films) are some of the topics included in this companion. Contributors are: Beatriz de Alba-Koch, Raúl Álvarez Moreno, Consolación Baranda, Ted L. Bergman, Patrizia Botta, José Luis Canet, Fernando Cantalapiedra, Ricardo Castells, Ivy Corfis, Manuel da Costa Fontes, Enrique Fernandez, José Luis Gastañaga Ponce de León, Ryan D. Giles, Yolanda Iglesias, Gustavo Illades Aguiar, Kathleen V. Kish, Bienvenido Morros Mestres, Devid Paolini, Antonio Pérez Romero, Amaranta Saguar García, Connie Scarborough, Joseph T. Snow, and Enriqueta Zafra.
Trade Review“the book achieves its objective of offering a comprehensive companion to one of Europe's premodern masterpieces and will be of particular value to nonspecialist anglophone readers.” - Rachel Scott, King's College London, in: Renaissance Quarterly 72:1 (spring 2019), pp. 375-376 “The companion deserves a place of honor in courses related to Celestina […]. It will make an important addition to the library of any medievalist and early modernist, and should be in every institutional library.” - Sol Miguel-Prendes, Wake Forest University, in: Sixteenth Century Journal 49:4 (Winter 2018), pp. 1182-1184
Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Notes on contributors Foreword to the Companion ENRIQUE FERNANDEZ INTRODUCTION The Significance of Celestina JOSEPH T. SNOW TEXT, ORIGINS AND SOURCES The Early Editions and the Authorship of Celestina JOSÉ LUIS CANET The Poetics of Voice, the Performance, and the Meaning of Celestina GUSTAVO ILLADES AGUIAR Quotation, Plagiarism, Allusion, and Reminiscence: Intertextuality in Celestina AMARANTA SAGUAR GARCÍA Theater without a Stage: Celestina and the Humanistic Comedy DEVID PAOLINI Celestina in the Context of Fifteenth-Century Castilian Vernacular Humanism JOSÉ LUIS GASTAÑAGA PONCE DE LEÓN Minerva’s Dog and Other Problematic Points in Celestina’s Text FERNANDO CANTALAPIEDRA EROSTARBE Calisto and Leriano in Love IVY A. CORFIS The Story of Hero and Leander: A Possible Unknown Source of Celestina BIENVENIDO MORROS MESTRES THEMES AND READINGS “Aquellos antigos libros”: Approaches to Parody in Celestina RYAN D. GILES Risky Business: The Politics of Prostitution in Celestina ENRIQUETA ZAFRA A Guidebook for Two Cities: The Physical and the Political Urban Space in Celestina RAÚL ÁLVAREZ MORENO Magic in Celestina PATRIZIA BOTTA Lovesickness and the Problematical Text of La Celestina, Act 1 RICARDO CASTELLS Jesus and Mary, Christian Prayer, and the Saints in Celestina MANUEL DA COSTA FONTES Eating, Drinking, and Consuming in the Tragicomedia de Calisto y Melibea CONNIE L. SCARBOROUGH INFLUENCE AND POSTERITY Modernity and Celestina: The Future of Our Past and of Our Present ANTONIO PÉREZ-ROMERO Celestina as a Precursor to the Picaresque TED BERGMAN Early Responses to Celestina: Translations and Commentary KATHLEEN V. KISH Celestina’s Continuations, Adaptations, and Influences CONSOLACIÓN BARANDA Celestina and Agustín Arrieta’s China Poblana: Mexico’s Female Icon Revisited BEATRIZ DE ALBA-KOCH The Images of Celestina and Its Visual Culture ENRIQUE FERNANDEZ Celestina in Film and Television YOLANDA IGLESIAS Chapter Summaries Select Bibliography Index
