{"product_id":"celestina-fernando-de-rojas-9780936839011","title":"Celestina","description":"\"As Greek tragedy \" says a Spanish writer, \"was composed from the crumbs that fell from Homer's table, so the Spanish drama owed its earliest forms to La Celestina (1499).\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFernando de Rojas' tragi-comedy - which has also been called \"a novel in dialogue\" - runs to about three hundred pages in the James Mabbe translation, here adapted to the stage by Eric Bentley in a five-act, 93-page version. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe central and pervasive situation is a simple one: a dirty old woman is helping a courtly young gentleman to seduce a girl. The wonder of the thing lies in the art with which Fernando do Rojas derives, from such commonplace materials, a towering tragedy - or rather, tragi-comedy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Fernando De Rojas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0936839015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780936839011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Applause Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 108\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.28lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.06h x 5.08w x 0.31d","brand":"Fernando De Rojas","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46721276281087,"sku":"9780936839011","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b33cee9a-9c77-4746-a05b-cc9478fde46d.jpg?v=1742752379","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/celestina-fernando-de-rojas-9780936839011","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}