Elizabeth Wright

The Epic of Juan Latino

Dilemmas of Race and Religion in Renaissance Spain

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Produktbeschreibung

In The Epic of Juan Latino, Elizabeth R. Wright tells the story of Renaissance Europe’s first black poet and his epic poem on the naval battle of Lepanto, Austrias Carmen (The Song of John of Austria).

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Juli 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 160mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 567g
• ISBN-13: 9781442637528
• ISBN-10: 1442637528
• Artikelnr.: 44162477

Autorenporträt

By Elizabeth R. Wright

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: A Lost Portrait and a Forgotten Name
 
Part I: From Slave to Freedman in Granada
Chapter 1: Latin Lessons Amid the Remnants of Al-Andalus
Chapter 2: Civil War, Shattered Convivencia
 
Part II: The Epic of Lepanto
Chapter 3: A Black Poet and a Habsburg Phoenix
Chapter 4: Christians and Muslims on the Battle Lines
Chapter 5: The Costs of Modern Warfare
Conclusion: Song of the Black Swan
Epilogue: Juan Latino in the Harlem Renaissance
 
Appendix 1: Elegy for Philip II, Annotated Translation
Appendix 2: Chronology