Celestina's Brood: Continuities of the Baroque in Spanish and Latin American Literature

by Roberto González Echevarría

Published in 1499 and centered on the figure of a bawd and witch, Fernando de Rojas' dark and disturbing Celestina was destined to become the most suppressed classic in Spanish literary history. Routinely ignored in Spanish letters, the book nonetheless echoes through contemporary Spanish and Latin American literature. This is the phenomenon that Celestina's Brood explores.
Roberto Gonz?lez Echevarr?a, one of the most eminent and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822313715
• ISBN13: 9780822313717
• Release Date: September 1993
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.6" x 9.0"