LEADER 04726nam 2200949 450 001 9910807068603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-520-94446-1 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520944466 035 $a(CKB)3710000000215509 035 $a(EBL)1760635 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001288100 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12576330 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001288100 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11292228 035 $a(PQKB)10186826 035 $a(DE-B1597)520626 035 $a(OCoLC)861793252 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520944466 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1760635 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1760635 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11156615 035 $a(OCoLC)886116665 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000215509 100 $a20090128h20102010 ub| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$a2000 years of Mayan literature /$fDennis Tedlock ; with new translations and interpretations by the author 210 1$aBerkeley :$cUniversity of California Press,$d[2010] 210 4$dİ2010 215 $a1 online resource (481 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-520-27137-8 311 $a0-520-23221-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $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. 330 $aMayan literature is among the oldest in the world, spanning an astonishing two millennia from deep pre-Columbian antiquity to the present day. Here, for the first time, is a fully illustrated survey, from the earliest hieroglyphic inscriptions to the works of later writers using the Roman alphabet. Dennis Tedlock-ethnographer, linguist, poet, and award-winning author-draws on decades of living and working among the Maya to assemble this groundbreaking book, which is the first to treat ancient Mayan texts as literature. Tedlock considers the texts chronologically. He establishes that women were among the ancient writers and challenges the idea that Mayan rulers claimed the status of gods. 2000 Years of Mayan Literature expands our understanding and appreciation not only of Mayan literature but of indigenous American literature in its entirety. 517 3 $aTwo thousand years of Mayan literature 606 $aMayan literature$xHistory and criticism 606 $aMayan literature$vTranslations into English 610 $aancient literature. 610 $aancient mayan texts. 610 $aanthropology. 610 $achilam balam. 610 $acolonial latin america. 610 $aearly mayan writing. 610 $aethnography. 610 $agraffiti. 610 $ahieroglyphic inscriptions. 610 $ahistory. 610 $aindigenous american literature. 610 $aindigenous peoples. 610 $alady shark fin. 610 $alanguage of suyua. 610 $alinguistics. 610 $aliterary. 610 $amaya. 610 $amayan literature. 610 $amoon woman. 610 $anative americans. 610 $apoetry. 610 $apre colombian antiquity. 610 $arattlesnakes of the city of three stones. 610 $aroman alphabet. 610 $atemple of the sun eyed shield. 610 $atemple of the tree of yellow corn. 610 $athunderstorm. 610 $awomen writers. 615 0$aMayan literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aMayan literature 676 $a897/.4209 700 $aTedlock$b Dennis$f1939-$0532695 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910807068603321 996 $a2000 years of Mayan literature$93997596 997 $aUNINA