 | Celestina and the Ends of Desire In 'Celestina' and the Ends of Desire, E. Michael Gerli illustrates how Fernando de Rojas' 1499 novel straddles the medieval and the modern in its exploration of changing categories of human desire - from the European courtly love tradition to the interpretation of want as an insatiable, destructive force. Gerli E. Michael : E. Michael Gerli is Commonwealth Professor of Hispanic and Early Modern Studies at the University of Virginia. |
