The Mayan Books

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"The Mayan Books"
by A. D. Hope
First published inOrpheus by A. D. Hope (1991)
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
Publication date1991

"The Mayan Books" is a poem by Australian poet A. D. Hope. [1] It was first published in the poet's collection Orpheus in 1991, and later in other Australian poetry anthologies.

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Outline

The poem recounts the sin of Archbishop Diego de Landa of Yucatán who gathered together a large pile of Mayan books and burned the lot. In heaven he looks toward God but God never loks at him.

Analysis

In his commentary on the poem in 60 Classic Australian Poems Geoff Page noted that poems like this "have a way of floating into and out of focus, according to how much we seem to need them.". [2]

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References

  1. ↑ ""The Mayan Books" by A. D. Hope". Austlit. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
  2. 1 2 60 Classic Australian Poems edited by Geoff Page, University of NSW Press, 2009, pp. 71-74
  3. ↑ "Selected Poems by A. D. Hope". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
  4. ↑ "'The Oxford Book of Modern Australian Verse edited by Peter Porter". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
  5. ↑ "Australian Verse : An Oxford Anthology edited by John Leonard". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
  6. ↑ "60 Classic Australian Poems edited by Geoff Page". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
  7. ↑ "Macquarie PEN Anthology of Australian Literature edited by Nicholas Jose, Kerryn Goldsworthy, Anita Heiss, David McCooey, Peter Minter, Nicole Moore, and Elizabeth Webby". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
  8. ↑ "The Puncher & Wattmann Anthology of Australian Poetry edited by John Leonard". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
  9. ↑ "Australian Poetry Since 1788 edited by Geoffrey Lehmann and Robert Gray". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
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