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In this excellent book, Castells studies the late medieval and early Renaissance tradition of the spiritual vision a phenomenon which he convincingly argues is of basic importance to the structure of Celestina. This book will doubtless change the way in which scholars understand and interpret Celestina, influencing work on the play for years to come. James F. Burke, University of Toronto

There is much wealth in this volume: a wealth of illustrative material on the attitudes toward melancholia and dream theory from Classical times to the Renaissance, coupled with a scholarly and reasoned approach towards the interpretation of the first scene and of Calisto's condition of erotic melancholy. --Ian Macpherson, BSS In this excellent book, Castells studies the late medieval and early Renaissance tradition of the spiritual vision--a phenomenon which he convincingly argues is of basic importance to the structure of Celestina. This book will doubtless change the way in which scholars understand and interpret Celestina, influencing work on the play for years to come. --James F. Burke, University of Toronto There is much wealth in this volume: a wealth of illustrative material on the attitudes toward melancholia and dream theory from Classical times to the Renaissance, coupled with a scholarly and reasoned approach towards the interpretation of the first scene and of Calisto s condition of erotic melancholy. Ian Macpherson, BSS In this excellent book, Castells studies the late medieval and early Renaissance tradition of the spiritual vision a phenomenon which he convincingly argues is of basic importance to the structure of Celestina. This book will doubtless change the way in which scholars understand and interpret Celestina, influencing work on the play for years to come. James F. Burke, University of Toronto There is much wealth in this volume: a wealth of illustrative material on the attitudes toward melancholia and dream theory from Classical times to the Renaissance, coupled with a scholarly and reasoned approach towards the interpretation of the first scene and of Calisto's condition of erotic melancholy. --Ian Macpherson, BSS In this excellent book, Castells studies the late medieval and early Renaissance tradition of the spiritual vision--a phenomenon which he convincingly argues is of basic importance to the structure of Celestina. This book will doubtless change the way in which scholars understand and interpret Celestina, influencing work on the play for years to come. --James F. Burke, University of Toronto There is much wealth in this volume: a wealth of illustrative material on the attitudes toward melancholia and dream theory from Classical times to the Renaissance, coupled with a scholarly and reasoned approach towards the interpretation of the first scene and of Calisto s condition of erotic melancholy. Ian Macpherson, BSS In this excellent book, Castells studies the late medieval and early Renaissance tradition of the spiritual vision a phenomenon which he convincingly argues is of basic importance to the structure of Celestina. This book will doubtless change the way in which scholars understand and interpret Celestina, influencing work on the play for years to come. James F. Burke, University of Toronto There is much wealth in this volume: a wealth of illustrative material on the attitudes toward melancholia and dream theory from Classical times to the Renaissance, coupled with a scholarly and reasoned approach towards the interpretation of the first scene and of Calisto s condition of erotic melancholy. Ian Macpherson, BSS In this excellent book, Castells studies the late medieval and early Renaissance tradition of the spiritual vision a phenomenon which he convincingly argues is of basic importance to the structure of Celestina. This book will doubtless change the way in which scholars understand and interpret Celestina, influencing work on the play for years to come. James F. Burke, University of Toronto There is much wealth in this volume: a wealth of illustrative material on the attitudes toward melancholia and dream theory from Classical times to the Renaissance, coupled with a scholarly and reasoned approach towards the interpretation of the first scene and of Calisto's condition of erotic melancholy. --Ian Macpherson, BSS In this excellent book, Castells studies the late medieval and early Renaissance tradition of the spiritual vision--a phenomenon which he convincingly argues is of basic importance to the structure of Celestina. This book will doubtless change the way in which scholars understand and interpret Celestina, influencing work on the play for years to come. --James F. Burke, University of Toronto

There is much wealth in this volume: a wealth of illustrative material on the attitudes toward melancholia and dream theory from Classical times to the Renaissance, coupled with a scholarly and reasoned approach towards the interpretation of the first scene and of Calisto s condition of erotic melancholy. </p> Ian Macpherson, <em>BSS</em></p>

In this excellent book, Castells studies the late medieval and early Renaissance tradition of the spiritual vision-a phenomenon which he convincingly argues is of basic importance to the structure of Celestina. This book will doubtless change the way in which scholars understand and interpret Celestina, influencing work on the play for years to come. -James F. Burke, University of Toronto There is much wealth in this volume: a wealth of illustrative material on the attitudes toward melancholia and dream theory from Classical times to the Renaissance, coupled with a scholarly and reasoned approach towards the interpretation of the first scene and of Calisto's condition of erotic melancholy. -Ian Macpherson, BSS

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Ricardo Castells is Associate Professor of Spanish at Florida International University. His previous book, Calisto's Dream and the Celestinesque Tradition: A Rereading of Celestina, was published by the University of North Carolina Press in 1995.

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