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The Battle of Lepanto
Elizabeth R. Wright
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Hardback. The defeat of the Ottomans by the Holy League fleet at Lepanto (1571) was among the most celebrated international events of the sixteenth century. The Battle of Lepanto anthologizes the work of twenty-two poets who composed Latin poetry in response to the news of the battle, the largest Mediterranean naval encounter since antiquity. Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library. Num Pages: 532 pages, Illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white). BIC Classification: DSBD; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 203 x 30. Weight in Grams: 670.
The defeat of the Ottomans by the Holy League fleet at the Battle of Lepanto (1571) was among the most celebrated international events of the sixteenth century. This volume anthologizes the work of twenty-two poets from diverse social and geographical backgrounds who composed Latin poetry, often modeled on Vergil and other Roman poets, in response to the news of the battle, the largest Mediterranean naval encounter since antiquity. Among the poems included is the two-book Austrias Carmen by the remarkable Juan Latino, a black African former slave who became a professor of Latin in Granada. The poems, including two previously ... Read more
The defeat of the Ottomans by the Holy League fleet at the Battle of Lepanto (1571) was among the most celebrated international events of the sixteenth century. This volume anthologizes the work of twenty-two poets from diverse social and geographical backgrounds who composed Latin poetry, often modeled on Vergil and other Roman poets, in response to the news of the battle, the largest Mediterranean naval encounter since antiquity. Among the poems included is the two-book Austrias Carmen by the remarkable Juan Latino, a black African former slave who became a professor of Latin in Granada. The poems, including two previously ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
New
Series
The I Tatti Renaissance Library
Number of Pages
560
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674725423
SKU
V9780674725423
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About Elizabeth R. Wright
Elizabeth R. Wright is Associate Professor of Spanish at the University of Georgia. Sarah Spence is Distinguished Research Professor of Classics and Comparative Literature, Emerita, at the University of Georgia. Andrew Lemons is Associate Instructor in the University Writing Program at the University of Utah.
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