Battle of Lepanto

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.

About the author

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.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Elizabeth R. Wright
• Assisted by: Andrew Lemons (Editor), Sarah Spence (Editor), Elizabeth R. Wright (Editor), Andrew Lemons (Translation), Sarah Spence (Translation), Elizabeth R. Wright (Translation), Andrew Lemons (Editor and translation), Sarah Spence (Editor and translation), Wright Elizabeth R. (Editor and translation)
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.04.2014
• EAN: 9780674725423
• ISBN: 978-0-674-72542-3
• No. of pages: 560
• Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library; The I Tatti Renaissance Library; Tatti Renaissance Library (HUP) CONTINS PASS TO - [e-mail]
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama > Poetry; Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; History, European History, Poetry, POETRY / European / Italian, Literary studies: general, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, Literary studies: poetry and poets, HISTORY / Europe / Renaissance