Ballads of the Lords of New Spain: The Codex Romances de los Senores de la Nueva Espana

John Bierhorst

ISBN 10: 0292723458 / ISBN 13: 9780292723450

Editore: University of Texas Press, 2009

2010. annotated edition. Paperback. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. Codice articolo V9780292723450

Riassunto:

Compiled in 1582, Ballads of the Lords of New Spain is one of the two principal sources of Nahuatl song, as well as a poetical window into the mindset of the Aztec people some sixty years after the conquest of Mexico. Presented as a cancionero, or anthology, in the mode of New Spain, the ballads show a reordering—but not an abandonment—of classic Aztec values. In the careful reading of John Bierhorst, the ballads reveal in no uncertain terms the pre-conquest Aztec belief in the warrior's paradise and in the virtue of sacrifice.

This volume contains an exact transcription of the thirty-six Nahuatl song texts, accompanied by authoritative English translations. Bierhorst includes all the numerals (which give interpretive clues) in the Nahuatl texts and also differentiates the text from scribal glosses. His translations are thoroughly annotated to help readers understand the imagery and allusions in the texts. The volume also includes a helpful introduction and a larger essay, "On the Translation of Aztec Poetry," that discusses many relevant historical and literary issues.

In Bierhorst's expert translation and interpretation, Ballads of the Lords of New Spain emerges as a song of resistance by a conquered people and the recollection of a glorious past.

Announcing a New Digital Initiative

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/books/utdigital/

UT Press, in a new collaboration with the University of Texas Libraries, will publish an interactive digital adaptation of the Ballads that will expand the scholarly content beyond what is possible to publish in book form. The web site, to launch in conjunction with the book in July 2009, includes all of the printed book plus scans of the original codex, a normative transcription, and space to interact with the author and other scholars, as well as art, audio, a map, and other related material. The digital Ballads will be open access, bringing one of the university’s rare holdings to scholars around the world.

Informazioni sull'autore: John Bierhorst is the author of thirty-five books on the Native literature of the Americas, including Cantares Mexicanos: Songs of the Aztecs; A Nahuatl-English Dictionary; History and Mythology of the Aztecs: The Codex Chimalpopoca; Mythology of the Lenape: Guide and Texts; and Latin American Folktales: Stories from Hispanic and Indian Traditions. His work has been supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the National Endowment for the Arts and has been translated into Spanish, Italian, German, and Polish. He lives in West Shokan, New York.

Dati bibliografici

Titolo: Ballads of the Lords of New Spain: The Codex...
Casa editrice: University of Texas Press
Data di pubblicazione: 2009
Legatura: Brossura
Condizione: New