Los clásicos latinos en los inicios de la imprenta en México (1577-1605).

The Latin Classics at the Beginnings of Printing Press in Mexico (1577-1605).

PRESS; LATIN authors; CATHOLIC Church; SPANISH authors; LITERATURE

The purpose of the note is to show how Latin Classics were introduced into New Spain (México at the present time). Firstly, many Spanish writers who lived here quoted Latin authors into their own books; later, when the printing press started to run, entire works or fragments of works of Latin authors were published between 1577 and 1605, especially in P. Ovidii Nasonis Tam de Tristibus quam de Ponto and in Poeticarum institutionum liber, variis ethnicorum christianorum exemplis illustratus. In such books there is already evident the moral trend promulgated by Roman Catholic Church which forbade reading Pagan Literature unless the 'indecent' fragments were expurgated and deleted. We can conclude those books were very important for teaching Mexican youths who attended Jesuitics schools. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Resumen: El objetivo de esta nota es mostrar cómo ingresaron los clásicos latinos a Nueva España (hoy México). Primeramente varios escritores españoles, llegados aquí, incluyeron en sus escritos citas de aquéllos. Luego, ya establecida la imprenta, se publicaron obras de esos clásicos o partes de ellas, desde 1577 hasta 1605, principalmente en P. Ovidii Nasonis Tam de Tristibus quam de Ponto y en Poeticarum institutionum liber, variis ethnicorum christianorum exemplis illustratus, libros en que ya está presente la moral impuesta por la Iglesia católica, que prohibía la lectura y enseñanza de la literatura pagana, si no iba expurgada y supresos los pasajes obscenos. En conclusión, dichos libros fueron muy importantes para la enseñanza de la juventud mexicana que asistía a los colegios de los jesuitas. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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