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Informationen zum Autor E. Michael Gerli is Commonwealth Professor of Hispanic and Early Modern Studies at the University of Virginia. Klappentext In 'Celestina' and the Ends of Desire, E. Michael Gerli illustrates how Fernando de Rojas' 1499 novel 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. Zusammenfassung In 'Celestina' and the Ends of Desire! E. Michael Gerli illustrates how Fernando de Rojas' 1499 novel 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction The Chain of Desire: Linking Language and Longing Celestina, Mistress of Desire Calisto’s Hunt: The Pursuit of Carnal Knowledge Yearning to Look: Desire and the Pleasure of the Gaze Complicitous Laughter: The Sounds of Desire Melibea Speaks: Language and Feminine Desire The Desire to Belong and the Body Politic Precints of Contention: Locating Desire and Ideology in Celestina Pleberio and the Ends of Desire Notes Works Cited Index
