Celestine.
Subtitle: A critical ed. of the first French translation (1527) of the Spanish classic La Celestina
By: with an introd. and notes by Gerard J. Brault.
Contributors: Brault, Gerard J. ed.
Series: Wayne State University studies, no. 12. Humanities; Wayne State University studies ;; no. 12.
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Published: 1963
Place of publication: Detroit
Language: fre; eng
Number of pages: 264
Description: The story tells of a bachelor, Calisto, who uses the old procuress Celestina to start an affair with Melibea, an unmarried girl kept in seclusion by her parents. Though the two use the rhetoric of courtly love, sex - not marriage - is their aim. When he dies in an accident, she commits suicide. The name Celestina has become synonymous with "procuress" in Spanish, especially an older woman used to further an illicit affair, and is a literary archetype of this character, the masculine counterpart being Pandarus.
Notes: Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (p. 239-164)
Preface, introd., and notes in English : text in French.
"Editions of the three French translations of the Celestina, 1527-1644" : p. 213-218