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1 online resource. |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
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Toronto Iberic ; 22
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Toronto Iberic ; 22.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
"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. Through Latino's remarkable, hitherto untold story, Wright illuminates the racial and religious tensions of sixteenth-century Spain and the position of black Africans within Spain's nascent empire and within the emerging African diaspora."-- Provided by publisher. |
| Contents |
Introduction: A Lost Portrait and a Forgotten Name -- Part One From Slave to Freedman in Granada. 1 Latin Lessons amid the Remnants of Al-Andalus -- 2 Civil War, Shattered Convivencia -- Part Two The Epic of Lepanto. 3 A Black Poet and a Habsburg Phoenix -- 4 Christians and Muslims on the Battle Lines -- 5 The Costs of Modern Warfare -- Conclusion: Song of the Black Swan -- Epilogue: Juan Latino in the Harlem Renaissance -- Appendix 1 Elegy for Phillip II, "On the Birth of Untroubled Times" -- Appendix 2 Chronology. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Latino, Juan, 1518?-
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Latino, Juan, 1518?- |
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Latino, Juan, 1518?- -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Criticism and interpretation. |
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Epic poetry, Latin (Medieval and modern) -- History and criticism.
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Epic poetry, Latin (Medieval and modern) |
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Naval battles in literature.
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Naval battles in literature. |
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Poets, Black -- Spain -- Biography.
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Poets, Black. |
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Spain. |
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Biographies.
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Black people -- Spain -- History -- 16th century.
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Black people. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
16th century |
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Race discrimination -- Spain -- History -- 16th century.
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Race discrimination. |
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Renaissance -- Spain.
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Renaissance. |
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Spain -- Race relations -- History -- 16th century.
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Race relations. |
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Spain -- Religion -- 16th century.
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Religion. |
| Chronological Term |
1500-1599 |
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Wright, Elizabeth R., 1963- Epic of Juan Latino. Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, 2016 9781442637528 (OCoLC)928487466 |
| ISBN |
9781442625549 (electronic book) |
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1442625546 (electronic book) |
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9781442637528 |
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1442637528 |
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