{"product_id":"9780856464232","title":"Flower and Song","description":"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShake the flower,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eroot out song\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ein your house, Ipalnemoani,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMaster of Herons.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e— Rejoice!\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePerhaps with words\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eyou will be pierced, broken\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eto understand,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePrince Warriors:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eearth is all over with.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e— Rejoice!\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThe brilliant Aztec poetic tradition would have all but vanished after the Spanish Conquest in 1521 without the friars who painstakingly transcribed and preserved the poems in the years that followed.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIn this new edition of their translations, Edward Kissam and Michael Schmidt—two poets who spent formative years in Mexico—give us powerful echoes of the lyrical and philosophical songs; the songs of rejoicing, sorrow, ritual, and war; the laments made by Nezahualpilli and others as the end of their empire approached; and the epics of myth and legend.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eTheir introduction is a distilled account of the background to the Aztec empire, its way of life, and its fall, including the role of poetry in Aztec life and how the poems were preserved.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eMichael Schmidt, poet, scholar, critic, and translator, is the founder-director of Carcanet Press and PN Review. He studied at Harvard University and Wadham College, Oxford, before settling in England. He lives in Manchester.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eEdward Kissam studied at Princeton University and Magdalen College, Oxford. He works at JBS International on a variety of applied research issues related to education in developing countries. He is the author (with David Griffith) of \u003ci\u003eWorking Poor: Farmworkers in the United States\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Oakland, California.","brand":"Carcanet Press, Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47008673890544,"sku":"9780856464232","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780856464232_p0.jpg?v=1763826442","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780856464232","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}