The pre-Hispanic history, religion, and Nahua poetics Lee, Jongsoo 1964- creator text bibliography biography Electronic books. nmu Albuquerque University of New Mexico Press 2008 monographic eng

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1 online resource (xii, 282 p.) : ill., maps. Presents a new disuccion of fifteenth-century "poet-king" Nezahualcoyotl that examines original Nahuatl writings in conjunction with Spanish chronicles to present a revised biographical portrait of the Aztec figure. The sources, colonial ideology, and Texcoca regionalism -- Founding the Texcoca dynasty: Chichimec Xolotl and Toltec Topiltzin Quetzalcoatl -- Revisiting pre-Hispanic Central Mexico: Texcoca reality before Nezahualcoyotl -- Reexamining Nezahualcoyotl's Texcoco: politics, government, and legal system -- Nezahualcoyotl and the notion of individual authorship in Nahua poetry -- A reinterpretation of Nahua poetics: Nahua cosmogony, Nahua songs, and Nezahualcoyotl -- A reinterpretation of Nahua poetic themes: ephemerality, war and sacrifice, and Nezahualcoyotl -- The Westernization of Nahua religion: Nezahualcoyotl's unknown god -- Conclusion -- Epilogue: Nezahualcoyotl and the irony of colonialism in Ernesto Cardenal's poetry. Jongsoo Lee. Includes bibliographical references (p. 260-270) and index. n-mx--- King of Texcoco Nezahualcóyotl 1402-1472 Aztecs Kings and rulers Biography Texcoco de Mora (Mexico) Antiquities Nahuatl poetry History and criticism Nezahualcoyotl (Aztekenreich, König) Lyrik Präkolumbische Zeit Religion Nahuatl Nahua HISTORY / Latin America / Mexico F1219.75.N49 L44 2008eb 972/.018 Lee, Jongsoo, 1964- Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2008 (DLC) 2007048454 (OCoLC)182662647 9780826343390 (electronic bk.) 0826343392 (electronic bk.) http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=224183 http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip085/2007048454.html http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=224183 http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip085/2007048454.html N$T 120207 20200709055149.0 ocn775473563