Synopses & Reviews
Bierhorst offers access to more than primary texts here: he maps a way of reading and the necessary apparatus for that reading (including pronunciation guides, reminding us they are oral performances). —World Literature Today
About the Author
John Bierhorst is also the editor-translator of Cantares Mexicanos: Songs of the Aztecs
Table of Contents
Quetzalcoatl -- The ritual of condolence -- Cuceb -- The night chant.