Parallel Worlds GENRE, DISCOURSE, AND POETICS IN CONTEMPORARY, COLONIAL, AND CLASSIC PERIOD MAYA LITERATURE Bditeci by Kerry M. Hull and Michael D. Carrasco UNIVERSITY PRESS Of COLORADO Boidda- 0 2012 by University Press of Colorado Published by University Press of Colorado 5589 Arapahoe Avenue, Suite 206C Boulder, Colorado 80303 All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America i The University Press of Colorado is a proud member of the Association of American University Presses. "" The University Press of Colorado is a cooperative publishing enter prise supported, in part, by Adams State College, Colorado State University; Fort Lewis College, Metropolitan State College of Denver, Regis University, University of Colorado, University of Northern Colorado, Utah State University, and Western Stat~ College of Colorado. @This paper meets the requirements of the ANSI/NISO Z39.48·1992 (Permanence of Paper). Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Parallel worlds : genre, discoune, and poetics in contemporary, colonial, and classic period Maya literarurc / edited by Kerry M. Hull and Michael D. Carrasco. - 4th ed. p.an. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978·1 ·60732-179-8 (hardcover: alk. paper)- ISBN 978+60732-180-4 (e-book) 1. Maya literarure-History and criticism. 2. Maya poetry-History and aiticism. I. Hull, Kerry M. Il. Carrasco, Michael. PM3968.P37 2012 89i .42709--0c23 2012004107 Design by Daniel Pratt 21 · 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1