Book of the Fourth World: Reading the Native Americans Through Their Literature.
by Brotherston, Gordon
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Cambridge University Press, UK, 1992. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. "At the time of its 'discovery', the American continent was identified as the Fourth World of our planet. Today the term has been taken up again by its 'Indian' or native peoples to describe their own world - both its threatened present condition and its political history, which stretches back thousands of years before Columbus. Using indigenous sources as primary sources, 'Book of the Fourth World' explores the landscapes and chronologies of this world as they have been seen and interpreted from the inside. Mapping the continent by this literary means, it pays particular attention to the well-documented traditions of the Nahuatl (Aztec) and Maya to the north of the isthmus, and of the Quechua-speaking Inca to the South... it offers detailed analyses of texts ranging far back into the centuries of civilized life that antedated Columbus." [Pub. Info] 478 pages, 18 color plates; 68 figures (illuatrations); 6 maps and 5 tables.] Detailed bibliography and index. Both book and dust jacket are in Fine condition. There is a protective mylar cover.
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- Book of the Fourth World: Reading the Native Americans Through Their Literature.
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- Brotherston, Gordon
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- 1992
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- NATIVE AMERICAN LITERATURE
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