In the Language of Kings: An Anthology of Mesoamerican Literature, Pre-Columbian to the PresentW. W. Norton & Company, 2002 - 754 páginas From new interpretations of the glyphic writings of the Maya through the poetic response to events in modern Chiapas, here is a history of Mexico and Central America from the Indian point of view. In these pages the reader will encounter, often in new translations, the deeply affecting Aztec poems, the horrific battles of conquest, and the thoughtful philosophy of the Mayan "bible," the Popol Vuh. Full, clear introductions make this extraordinary material accessible to all readers. In the Language of Kings is a gemstone of cultural strength for those who trace their ancestry to Mesoamerica, as well as an essential resource for historians and anthropologists. Above all, it is literature: intimate, grand, painful, proud, and finally renascent in the new awakening of the original peoples of Mesoamerica. "[A] magnum opus of Mesoamerican literature...achieve[s] nothing less than the human and divine."--Bomb |
Contenido
GENERAL INTRODUCTION BY MIGUEL LEÓNPORTILLA | 8 |
FOUR PRECOLUMBIAN DOCUMENTS | 42 |
THE NEW GEOGRAPHY OF MESOAMERICA | 70 |
SONGS AND POEMS | 77 |
Bawdy Poems | 102 |
War Songs | 115 |
Otomi Songs in Nahuatl | 135 |
Huexotzinco | 176 |
MODERN NAHUA LITERATURE | 371 |
Maya Literature | 393 |
LITERATURE | 471 |
POLITICAL LITERATURE | 494 |
Character PredictionsChilam Balam of Mani | 504 |
Maya Chronicles | 514 |
Last Flight of the Quetzal Prince | 523 |
Rattlesnake Bites | 541 |
SACRED NARRATIVE | 182 |
SACRED HYMNS PRAYERS AND CEREMONIES | 208 |
HUEHUETLAHTOLLI | 230 |
Ceremonies of SacrificeFlorentine Codex | 256 |
PROVERBS CONUNDRUMS AND METAPHORS | 267 |
HISTORICAL NARRATIVES | 276 |
The Conquest of Tenochtitlan | 286 |
NAHUA HISTORIANS OF THE COLONIAL | 310 |
The Dialogues of 1524 | 316 |
Christian Psalms | 323 |
Christian Epic LiteratureNican Mopohua | 336 |
Christian PageantThe Tepozteco | 345 |
COLONIAL LITERATURE OF DAILY LIFE | 356 |
Teeth | 549 |
MAYA PROVERBS AND KENNINGS | 563 |
The Proclamation of Juan de la Cruz 1850 | 578 |
At the Time of the Closing of the Churches 1935 | 585 |
The Origin of the Ladinos | 593 |
MODERN STORIES FABLES AND POEMS | 601 |
Other Mesoamerican Literatures | 615 |
MAZATEC | 621 |
ZAPOTEC | 629 |
OTOMI | 636 |
TLAPANEC | 645 |
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ESSAY | 674 |
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
In the Language of Kings: An Anthology of Mesoamerican Literature--pre ... Miguel León Portilla Vista previa limitada - 2001 |
In the Language of Kings: An Anthology of Mesoamerican Literature, Pre ... Miguel Leon-Portilla Sin vista previa disponible - 2002 |
Términos y frases comunes
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