Celestina - A Fifteenth-Century Spanish Novel in Dialogue

Informationen zum Autor Lesley Byrd Simpson  was a renowned translator of many great works of Spanish literature. His translations of  The Celestina  and  The Poem of the Cid  in particular are acclaimed for preserving the vigor and colloquial flavor of the original texts. Klappentext “Lesley Byrd Simpson, so thoroughly qualified to undertake this labor of love, has done a very painstaking and accurate job. . . . Simpson has quite consciously streamlined [this work] . . . making for a smoother, racier, more readable translation.”— Hispanic Review Zusammenfassung The Celestina  is considered by scholars to be the first European novel. Written in fifteenth-century Spain, this masterpiece is remarkable for its originality, depth, handling of dialogue, and drawing of character. The novel's focus is the character of Celestina, who dominates the scene. An old bawd brimming with salty wisdom derived from a vigorous and sinful life, she is one of the great creations in all of literature and holds a secure place beside her two compatriots, Don Quixote and Sancho Panza. This Spanish classic, a forebear of Cervantes, was originally published anonymously in 1499; later editions bear the name of Fernando de Rojas as author.

Product details

• Authors: Fernando de Rojas
• Assisted by: Lesley Byrd Simpson (Translation), Simpson Lesley Byrd (Translation)
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2019
• EAN: 9780520309593
• ISBN: 978-0-520-30959-3
• No. of pages: 168
• Series: World Literature in Translation
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Europe, FICTION / Literary, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / General, Literature: history & criticism, Fiction: general and literary, Literature: history and criticism