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

by Elizabeth Wright

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1442637528
• ISBN13: 9781442637528
• Release Date: July 2016
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.1"