Mexican Dream - Or, the Interrupted Thought of Amerindian Civilizations

Informationen zum Autor J. M. G. Le Clezio! winner of the 2008 Nobel Prize in Literature! was born in Nice in 1940. In 1963 he received the Renaudot Prize for his first novel! Le proces-verbal. He has studied the American Indian civilizations of pre-Columbian Mexico since 1971 and has published translations of Mayan sacred texts and an evocation of three sacred villages in the land of the Maya! Trois villes saintes. Klappentext Conjures the consciousness of Mexico! evoking the dreams that made and unmade an ancient culture. This book takes readers into the dream that was the religion of the Aztecs! a religion whose own apocalyptic visions anticipated the coming of the Spanish conquerors. Zusammenfassung Conjures the consciousness of Mexico! evoking the dreams that made and unmade an ancient culture. This book takes readers into the dream that was the religion of the Aztecs! a religion whose own apocalyptic visions anticipated the coming of the Spanish conquerors. Inhaltsverzeichnis Translator's Note1. The Dream of the Conquerors2. The Dream of Origins3. Mexican Myths4. Nezahualcoyotl! or the Festival of Words5. The Barbarian Dream6. Antonin Artaud! or the Mexican Dream7. The Interrupted Thought of Amerindian CivilizationsNotesMap of region

Product details

• Authors: J. M. G. Le Clezio, J. M. G. Le Clezio
• Assisted by: Teresa Lavender Fagan (Translation), Fagan Teresa Lavender (Translation)
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.07.2009
• EAN: 9780226110035
• ISBN: 978-0-226-11003-5
• No. of pages: 240
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Mexico, RELIGION / Ancient, CE period up to c 1500, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, History of the Americas, Ancient religions & mythologies, History of the Americas: pre-Columbian period, Ancient religions and Mythologies, HISTORY / Latin America / Pre-Columbian Era