Dennis Tedlock

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Dennis Tedlock (1939-2016) was the McNulty Professor of English and Research Professor of Anthropology at SUNY at Buffalo and a research associate at the Museum of International Folk Art in Santa Fe. He and his wife, noted anthropologist Barbara Tedlock, were awarded the American Anthropological Association President's Award for their work and leadership for the journal American Anthropologist.

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The Olson Codex

Projective Verse and the Problem of Mayan Glyphs

By Dennis Tedlock

This exploration of the influence of Mayan hieroglyphics on the great American poet Charles Olson (1910–1970) is an important document in the history of New World verse. Olson spent six months in the Yucatan in 1951 studying Maya culture and language, an interlude that has been largely overlooked...

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