Theological writers.
Sermons in Guarani.
_Las Pasiones_.
Section 5. _Oratorical Literature_
Native admiration of eloquence.
The Oratorical style.
Custom of set orations.
Specimens in the Nahuatl tongue.
Ancient prayers and rhapsodies.
Section 6. _Poetical Literature_
Form of the earliest poetry.
Unintelligible character of primitive songs explained.
A Chippeway love song.
A Taensa epithalamium.
Montaigne on Tupi poetry.
Ancient Aztec poetry.
Maya and Peruvian poems.
Tupi songs.
Section 7. _Dramatic Literature_
Development of the dramatic art in America.
Origin of the serious and comic dramas.
The Qquichua drama of Ollanta.
The Kiche drama of Rabinal Achi.
The Comic Ballet of the Gueegueence.
The _Logas_ of Central America.
Dramas of the Mangues.
Section 8. _Conclusion_
Ethnological value of literary productions.
Their general interest to scholars.
_Footnotes_
_Index_
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ABORIGINAL AMERICAN AUTHORS.
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Section 1. _Introductory_.
When even a quite intelligent person hears about "Aboriginal American
Literature," he is very excusable for asking: What is meant by the term?
Where is this literature? In fine, Is there any such thing?
To answer such inquiries, I propose to treat, with as much brevity as
practicable, of the literary efforts of the aborigines of this
continent, a chapter in the general History of Literature hitherto
wholly neglected.
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