An Epoch of Miracles: Oral Literature of the Yucatec Maya (Texas Pan American Series)
by Allan F. Burns (translator and commentaries) Dennis Tedlock (foreword)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0292720378
- ISBN 13
- 9780292720374
- Seller
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About This Item
Austin: University of Texas Press 1983. First Edition. 0292720378 . First edition. This copy has been warmly inscribed and signed "Allan" by translator, on the front free endpaper. "All pieces are translated ethnopoetically, examples of several genres are presented bi-lingually. An especially valuable feature is the indication of performance style, such as pauses and voice quality, given with each piece". 266 pages, illustrated, works cited. Very good with light spine end bumping in very good jacket with some spine toning and with a 1.5" tear to the lower left corner of the front panel. clphE
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- biblioboy (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 867525
- Title
- An Epoch of Miracles: Oral Literature of the Yucatec Maya (Texas Pan American Series)
- Author
- Allan F. Burns (translator and commentaries) Dennis Tedlock (foreword)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- ISBN 10
- 0292720378
- ISBN 13
- 9780292720374
- Publisher
- Univ of Texas Press
- Place of Publication
- Austin
- Date Published
- 1983
- Pages
- 266
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.
- Keywords
- 0292720378, ORAL, LITERATURE, THE, YUCATEC, MAYA, TEXAS, PAN-AMERICAN, SERIES, TRANSLATIONS
- Bookseller catalogs
- FICTION / Fairy Tales, Folklore & Mythology; Biography & Autobiography / Authors;
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