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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Noguez, Xavier
• Paxton, Merideth

Titel

Nahuatl Theatre, Vol. 3: Spanish Golden Age Drama in Mexican Translation, and: Nahuatl Theatre, Vol. 4: Nahua Christianity in Performance (review)

Ist Teil von

• The Catholic Historical Review, 2011-07, Vol.97 (3), p.615-616

Ort / Verlag

Washington: The Catholic University of America Press

Erscheinungsjahr

2011

Quelle

Project MUSE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• The two books reviewed here form part of a collection dedicated to publicizing and analyzing a little-known cultural phenomenon: the theatrical works that were composed in the Náhuatl (Aztec) language during the colonial period in New Spain. Volume 4 is the compilation of seven complete writings and a fragment that were produced in the eighteenth century, dramatize Christian doctrine, and provide a moralizing message. According to tradition, St. Helen, mother of the Roman emperor Constantine, found this highly important relic.