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The Allure of Nezahualcoyotl

The Allure of Nezahualcoyotl

Pre-hispanic History, Religion, and Nahua Poetics

by Jongsoo Lee
Hardback
Publication Date: 01/05/2008

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Nezahualcoyotl (1402-1472), the ""poet-king"" of Texcoco, has been described as one of the most important pre-Hispanic figures in Nahua history. Since the conquest, European chroniclers have continually portrayed him as a symbol of Aztec civilization and culture, a wise governor and lawmaker, poet and patron of the arts, and proto-monotheist. Their chronicles have served as sources for anthropologists, historians, and literary critics who focus on these contrived images and continually reproduce the colonial propaganda on Nezahualcoyotl. This, as Jongsoo Lee argues, subsequently leads to a misrepresentation of the history, religion, literature, and politics of pre-Hispanic Mexico that are altered to support such images of Nezahualcoyotl.Lee provides a new assessment of Nezahualcoyotl that critically examines original codices and poetry written in Nahuatl alongside Spanish chronicles in an effort to paint a more realistic portrait of the legendary Aztec figure. Urging scholars away from sources that reinforce a Judeo-Christian perspective of pre-Hispanic history, Lee offers a revision of the colonial images of Nahua history and culture that have continued over the last five hundred years.
ISBN:
9780826343376
9780826343376
Category:
History of the Americas
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
01-05-2008
Language:
English
Publisher:
University of New Mexico Press
Country of origin:
United States
Pages:
264
Dimensions (mm):
254x178x27mm
Weight:
0.82kg

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