Text, Translation, and Critical Interpretation of Joan Rois De Corella's Tradedia De Caldesa, a Fifteenth-century Spanish Tragedy of Gender Reversal: The Woman Dominates and Seduces Her Lover

This is the first book to translate and scrutinize "The Tragedy of Caldesa" by Joan Rois de Corella in English. This monograph on Joan Rois de Corella (1435-1497) offers to the English-speaking world the discovery of a prominent literary figure, worth of recognition as a leading exponent of the Renaissance in the Catalan domain. The book intends to bring into focus Corella's distinctive contribution as embodied in a work that bears the title of "Tragedia de Caldesa" ("Tragedy of Caldesa"). Contrary to the trend of criticism that flatly denies the stage-worthy qualities of this magnificent text, the author proposes that Corella's masterpiece constitutes a full-fledged theatricalization of a form of tragedy that stems not from Aristotlean principles, but from the work of Isidore of Seville. Corella delves into a radically conflictive interaction of male and female characters.