Fifteen poets of the Aztec world
(Special Collection Loan, Book)
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Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, 2000.
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xvi, 307 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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Rawlings Branch - HISPANICRC | Book | HRC 897.452 L | On Shelf |
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Published
Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, 2000.
Format
Special Collection Loan, Book
Language
English
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Revised and enlarged translation of: Trece poetas del mundo azteca. 1967.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-301) and index.
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Who were the poets of Mexico in the days of Aztec splendor? What were the poems of a culture so different from our own? In this first English-language translation of a significant corpus of Nahuatl poetry into English, an expansion of his classic Trece poetas del mundo azteca, Miguel Leon-Portilla was assisted in his rethinking, augmenting, and rewriting in English by Grace Lobanov. Biographies of fifteen composers of Nahuatl verse and analyses of their work are followed. By their extant poems in Nahuatl and in English. The poets - fourteen men and one woman - lived in the central highlands of Mexico and spoke Nahuatl, the language of the Aztecs, Tezcocans, Tlaxcalans, and several other chiefdoms. These authors of "flower and song" (a Nahuatl metaphor for poetry, art, and symbolism) lived during the fourteenth, fifteenth, and sixteenth centuries. Sources for the poems included indigenous "codices," "books of songs" now unfortunately lost. And renditions of them preserved by the Nahuatl oral tradition, which survived the Spanish Conquest and were recorded by several young natives in two manuscripts.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
León Portilla, M. (2000). Fifteen poets of the Aztec world . University of Oklahoma Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)León Portilla, Miguel. 2000. Fifteen Poets of the Aztec World. University of Oklahoma Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)León Portilla, Miguel. Fifteen Poets of the Aztec World University of Oklahoma Press, 2000.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)León Portilla, Miguel. Fifteen Poets of the Aztec World University of Oklahoma Press, 2000.
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