Bookmark this page or copy and paste URL to Email message The Flute of the Smoking Mirror 1949-1968MS 088
Biographical NoteEnglish professor and folklorist, University of Arizona. Scope and Content NoteOriginal typescript of The Flute of the Smoking Mirror by Frances Gillmor, with holographic corrections and notes. This historical novel relates the social customs of the Aztec people in the area of Lake Texcoco, and the biography of their fifteenth century king, Nezahualcoyotl. His life story from birth to death is related, as are his many contributions as an engineer, codifier of Aztec law, and founder of a commission of arts and letters. ArrangementThis collection is organized in narrative sequence.RestrictionsRestrictionsThere are no restrictions on this collection. CopyrightIt is the responsibility of the user to obtain permission to publish from the owner of the copyright (the institution, the creator of the record, the author or his/her transferees, heirs, legates, or literary executors). The user agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Arizona Board of Regents for the University of Arizona, its officers, employees, and agents from and against all claims made by any person asserting that he or she is an owner of copyright. Related MaterialPublished in 1949 by the New Mexico Press as The Flute of the Smoking Mirror: A Portrait of Nezahualcoyotl, Poet-King of the Aztecs. Later published in 1968 by the University of Arizona Press. Access TermsPersonal Name(s) Nezahualcóyotl, King of Texcoco, 1402-1472 -- Fiction. Geographic Name(s) Mexico -- History -- To 1519. Texcoco de Mora (Mexico) Subject(s) Aztecs -- Kings and rulers. Aztecs -- Social life and customs. Administrative InformationCredit LineThe Flute of the Smoking Mirror (MS 088). Special Collections, University of Arizona Libraries. Acquisition InformationAcquired as gift, 1967. Processing HistoryProcessed by Staff. |