by Miguel León-Portilla · Dastin · tapa dura · ISBN 9788449203664
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«Cantos y crónicas del México antiguo» is the anthology of pre-Hispanic Mexican literature edited by Miguel León-Portilla, in hardback, 256 pages.
The volume brings together songs, chronicles and testimonies of the pre-Hispanic literature of Mesoamerica transmitted in codices and by oral tradition. It includes texts from the Nahuatl- and Maya-speaking peoples, ranging from times long before the encounter with the Spanish to the contact itself, showing the worldview and creative capacity of those cultures.
The original texts are anonymous; the volume belongs to the collection «Crónicas de América».
Suitable for readers interested in history, indigenous literature and the Mesoamerican worldview.
