THE CELESTINA; A FIFTEENTH-CENTURY SPANISH NOVEL IN DIALOGUE
by Simpson, Lesley
- Used
- near fine
- Condition
- Near fine
- ISBN 10
- 0520011775
- ISBN 13
- 9780520011779
- Seller
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About This Item
University of California Press, 1955. Mass market paperback. Near fine. Translated Lesley Byrd Simpson. University of California Press, c1955, 1966 reprinting. 162pp. Uncreased spine, minor rubbing on covers, near fine paperback.
Synopsis
La Celestina (used as title, synecdoche, one of the characters of the book actually called Tragicomedia de Calisto y Melibea or Comedia de Calisto y Melibea, in English Tragicomedy of Calisto and Melibea) is a work composed entirely in dialog published by Fernando de Rojas in 1499. Rojas was a descendant of converted Jews, a lawyer, and late in life served as an alderman of Talavera de la Reina, an important commercial center near Toledo.
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- Bookseller
- Columbia Books, Inc. ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 97998
- Title
- THE CELESTINA; A FIFTEENTH-CENTURY SPANISH NOVEL IN DIALOGUE
- Author
- Simpson, Lesley
- Format/Binding
- Mass market paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0520011775
- ISBN 13
- 9780520011779
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Place of Publication
- Berkeley And Los Angeles, Ca
- Date Published
- 1955
- Keywords
- LITERATURE
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