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010 $a 2009003366
020 $a9780520232211 (cloth : alk. paper)
020 $a0520232216 (cloth : alk. paper)
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035 $a(OCoLC)300463253
035 $a(OCoLC)300463253
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050 00 $aPM3968$b.T43 2010
082 00 $a897/.4209$222
100 1 $aTedlock, Dennis,$d1939-
245 10 $a2000 years of Mayan literature /$cDennis Tedlock ; with new translations and interpretations by the author.
246 3 $aTwo thousand years of Mayan literature
260 $aBerkeley :$bUniversity of California Press,$cc2010.
300 $axi, 465 p. :$bill. (some col.), maps ;$c27 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 425-440) and index.
505 0 $aLearning 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.
520 $aA chronological survey of Mayan literature, covering two thousand years, from the earliest hieroglyphic inscriptions to later works using the Roman alphabet.
546 $aIncludes parallel Mayan and English text.
650 0 $aMayan literature$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aMayan literature$vTranslations into English.
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