Inma Urena

ongoing • Doctoral studies

Universidad de Jaén, Spain

2022 • Certificate in Programming for Digital Humanities

Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, Spain

2019 • Online Master in English Studies

Universidad de Jaén, Spain

2018 • Degree in English Studies

Universidad de Jaén, Spain

Recommended reading for good governors: Utopia de Thomas Moro (1637)

Article • 2023

Gerónimo de Medinilla translated Thomas More’s Utopia (1516) into Spanish in 1637, more than a century after the text was printed in Leuven. The paratexts of the translation imply that Medinilla might have published his translation with a practical and political intention, which is reminiscent of the first interpretations of the humanist’s work by sixteenth-century Spanish readers. This paper analyzes two textual references from the translation to discuss the hypothesis that it was offered as a manual for governors. It also proposes an original biography of Gerónimo de Medinilla. This will serve to contextualize the translator and the potential final purpose of the edition.

Thomas More’s Portrayal in a Twentieth-Century Translation of Utopia

Article • 2021

Ramón Esquerra i Clivillés (1909-1938), a Spanish intellectual born and raised in Barcelona, published in 1937 Utopia (El Estado Perfecto), a translation of Utopia (1516) by Thomas More. The translator prepared a large prologue in which he minutely details the life and personality of the humanist and introduces Utopia and its reception in Spain. As a result, this illuminating introductory section becomes a brief piece of literary criticism. The way More is presented and how Esquerra emphasizes some of his most personal features creates a particular image of the humanist: that of a saint. The information shown was carefully chosen by the translator, serving from of More’s latest published biographies to construct a useful context for the reader.

Greater Boston Digital Research & Pedagogy Symposium

April 28 2023 • Massachussets Institute of Technology (MIT)

Title: The decision-making process of encoding a Spanish translation of Thomas More's Utopia

• digital editions
• TEI/XML
• the Early Modern Period
• data modeling
• Thomas More and Utopia
• Digital Humanities