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- Title
El libro de texto mal empleado: Andreas Capellanus y la escena inicial de La Celestina.
- Authors
DEYERMOND, ALAN
- Abstract
This article studies the presence of De Amore by Andreas Capellanus in the opening scene of La Celestina. Through the analysis of Calisto's first parliament, and the answers given by Melibea, Deyermond proposes that Calisto is using De amore as a text-book that would serve him as a guide to conquer Melibea. However, he fails in doing it, since he mishandles the contents of the book. Two questions arise from this situation: one regarding the accessibility of De Amore during the Middle Ages, and the other which refers to a probable and conscious use of Capellanus work by the author of La Celestina. Deyermond concludes that, if there is a conscious imitation of De Amore, it is possible to assume that the author intended to present Calisto as a failed lover, trying to learn from Capellanus,and preparing his next encounter with Melibea. This, therefore, would open possibilities for a comic development of La Celestina before the eyes of scholars and readers who had knowledge of De Amore.
- Subjects
CAPELLANUS, Andreas; LA Celestina (Book : Rojas); MIDDLE Ages; CONSCIOUSNESS; IMITATIVE behavior
- Publication
Medievalia, 2018, Issue 50, p51
- ISSN
0188-6657
- Publication type
Article