Nahuatl Theater: Nahuatl Theater Volume 1: Death and Life in Colonial Nahua Mexico

by Louise M. Burkhart and Barry D. Sell

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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...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:080616882X

ISBN13:9780806168821

Release Date:March 2021

Publisher:University of Oklahoma Press

Length:366 Pages

Weight:1.40 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 7.0" x 10.0"

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Drama Foreign Language Foreign Language Learning Foreign Language Study Foreign Language Study & Reference Foreign Languages History

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