| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 465 p.) |
| Contents |
Learning to read -- Early Mayan writing -- The skilled observer from Maxam -- From the time of gods to the time of lords -- Cormorant and her three sons -- Temple of the Sun-eyed shield -- Temple of the Tree of yellow corn -- Lady Shark fin and the evening star -- The rattlesnakes of the City of three stones -- Drawing and designing with words -- Graffiti -- The question of the beginning and end of time -- The mouth of the well of the Itza -- Writing on the pages of books -- Signs of the times -- Moon woman meets the stars -- The power of the great star -- Thunderstorm -- Diagrams of the days -- The alphabet arrives in the Lowlands -- The books of Chilam Balam -- Understanding the language of Suyua -- Song of the birth of the twenty days -- Conversations with madness -- The alphabet arrives in the Highlands -- A way to see the dawn of life -- Blood moon becomes a trickster -- The death of death -- The human work, the human design -- We saw it all, oh my sons -- The count of days -- Man of Rabinal -- Epilogue |
| Summary |
A chronological survey of Mayan literature, covering two thousand years, from the earliest hieroglyphic inscriptions to later works using the Roman alphabet |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Includes parallel Mayan and English text |
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Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed |
| Subject |
Mayan literature -- History and criticism
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Mayan literature -- Translations into English
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HISTORY -- Latin America -- General.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- Native American.
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Mayan literature
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Literatur
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Maya.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Translations
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2021696977 |
| ISBN |
9780520944466 |
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0520944461 |
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