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The Epic of Juan Latino: Dilemmas of Race and Religion in Renaissance Spain

The Epic of Juan Latino: Dilemmas of Race and Religion in Renaissance Spain

Wright, Elizabeth

Hardcover

Series: Toronto Iberic

Medieval & Renaissance HistoryLiterary CriticismLatino Studies

ISBN10: 1442637528
ISBN13: 9781442637528
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: Jul 5 2016
Pages: 288
Weight: 1.25
Height: 1.10 Width: 6.30 Depth: 9.10
Language: English

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).

Piecing together the surviving evidence, Wright traces Latino's life in Granada, Iberia's last Muslim metropolis, from his early clandestine education as a slave in a noble household to his distinguished career as a schoolmaster at the University of Granada. When intensifying racial discrimination and the chaos of the Morisco Revolt threatened Latino's hard-won status, he set out to secure his position by publishing an epic poem in Latin verse, the Austrias Carmen, that would demonstrate his mastery of Europe's international literary language and celebrate his own African heritage.

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