Holy Wednesday: A Nahua Drama from Early Colonial Mexico

by Louise M. Burkhart

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Identified only in 1986, the Nahuatl Holy Week play is the earliest known dramatic script in any Native American language. In Holy Wednesday, Louise Burkhart presents side-by-side English translations of the Nahuatl play and its Spanish source. An accompanying commentary analyzes the differences between the two versions to reveal how the native author altered the Spanish text to fit his own aesthetic sensibility and the broader discursive universe...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0812215761

ISBN13:9780812215762

Release Date:April 1996

Publisher:University of Pennsylvania Press

Length:328 Pages

Weight:1.20 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.1" x 9.0"

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Ancient Aztec Criticism & Theory Drama Education & Reference Greek & Roman History History & Criticism Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Literature & Fiction Medieval Movements & Periods Poetry Religious & Liturgical Spanish

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