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Juan Latino, “On the Birth of Untroubled Times” (De natali serenissimi) (1572) (English .doc)
- Editor(s):
- Pamela Beattie, David A. Wacks (see profile) , Elizabeth Wright
- Translator(s):
- Elizabeth Wright
- Date:
- 2020
- Group(s):
- LLC 16th- and 17th-Century Spanish and Iberian Poetry and Prose
- Subject(s):
- Spanish literature, Sixteenth century, Greek poetry, Latin poetry, Latin language, Seventeenth century
- Item Type:
- Book chapter
- Tag(s):
- Neo-Latin literature, spanish renissance, 16th-century Spanish literature, Greek and Latin poetry, Early modern Latin, Early modern Spanish literature
- Permanent URL:
- http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/k2e9-bx77
- Abstract:
- Juan Latino was a professor of Latin at the University of Granada and is considered Europe's first Black poet. This poem appeared in a 1572 book by Juan Latino celebrating Spain's victory in the Battle of Lepanto (1571). This is a pedagogical unit that includes the original Latin text accompanied by an English translation, with an English introduction, notes, and short bibliography by Elizabeth Wright.
- Metadata:
- xml
- Status:
- Published
- Last Updated:
- 3 years ago
- License:
- Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
wright-juan-latino-english.docx