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Nahuatl Theater Louise M. Burkhart

Nahuatl Theater By Louise M. Burkhart

Nahuatl Theater by Louise M. Burkhart


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Presents seven dramas from the first truly American theatre. Composed in Nahuatl during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, most of these plays survive only in later copies. In this volume, Barry D. Sell and Louise M. Burkhart offer faithful transcriptions of the Nahuatl as well as new English translations of these remarkable dramas.

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Nahuatl Theater: Nahuatl Theater Volume 1: Death and Life in Colonial Nahua Mexico by Louise M. Burkhart

Death and Life in Colonial Nahua Mexico presents seven dramas from the first truly American theater. Composed in Nahuatl during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, most of these plays survive only in later copies. Five are morality plays. Presenting Christian views of moral reform, death, judgment, and punishment for sin, they reveal how these themes were adapted into Nahua culture. The other two plays dramatize biblical narratives: the stories of Abraham and Isaac and of the three wise men.

In this volume, Barry D. Sell and Louise M. Burkhart offer faithful transcriptions of the Nahuatl as well as new English translations of these remarkable dramas. Accompanying the plays are four interpretive essays and a foreword that broaden our understanding of these rare works.

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NGR9780806168821
9780806168821
080616882X
Nahuatl Theater: Nahuatl Theater Volume 1: Death and Life in Colonial Nahua Mexico by Louise M. Burkhart
New
Paperback
University of Oklahoma Press
2021-03-11
366
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