{"product_id":"the-epic-of-juan-latino-9781442637528","title":"The Epic of Juan Latino","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe Epic of Juan Latino\u003c\/em\u003e, Elizabeth R. Wright tells the story of Renaissance Europe’s first black poet and his epic poem on the naval battle of Lepanto, \u003cem\u003eAustrias Carmen\u003c\/em\u003e (The Song of John of Austria).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePiecing 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 \u003cem\u003eAustrias Carmen\u003c\/em\u003e, that would demonstrate his mastery of Europe’s international literary language and celebrate his own African heritage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough Latino’s remarkable, hitherto untold story, Wright illuminates the racial and religious tensions of sixteenth-century Spain\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Wright has produced an admirable and highly recommended study.\" -- William D. Phillips, Jr., University of Minnesota * University of Toronto Quarterly, vol 87 3, Summer 2018 *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: 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\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408360186199,"sku":"9781442637528","price":45.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781442637528.jpg?v=1730502585","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-epic-of-juan-latino-9781442637528","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}