Crime and punishment in <i>Tercera Celestina</i> by Gaspar Gómez de Toledo: a doctor's moralising view?

The present article studies the Tercera Celestina by Gaspar Gómez de Toledo as a work possibly written by a physician, placing particular emphasis on the textualisations of healing knowledge from a perspective of the history of science. A comparison with La Lozana Andaluza by the doctor Francisco De...

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Main Author: Folke Gernert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad de Valencia, Departamento de Filología Española 2021-01-01
Series:Celestinesca
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Online Access:https://ojs.uv.es/index.php/celestinesca/article/view/19443
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Summary:The present article studies the Tercera Celestina by Gaspar Gómez de Toledo as a work possibly written by a physician, placing particular emphasis on the textualisations of healing knowledge from a perspective of the history of science. A comparison with La Lozana Andaluza by the doctor Francisco Delicado shows parallels with the work of Gómez de Toledo who, like the Andalusian physician, makes moralistic judgements through the metaphor of illness and physical disability.
ISSN:0147-3085
2695-7183