Gilgamesh: a new translation of the ancient epic : with essays on the poem, its past, and its passion
A poem for the ages, freshly and accessibly translated by an international rising star, bringing together scholarly precision and poetic grace.
| Subtitles: | A new translation of the ancient epic Gilgamesh |
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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New Haven
Yale University Press
2021
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| In: | Year: 2021 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Gilgamesh : a new translation of the ancient epic : with essays on the poem, its past, and its passion] (2023) (Wende, Janine, 1988 -)
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Gilgamesch ca. 28./27. Jh. v. Chr.
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| Further subjects: | B
Electronic books
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
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| Summary: | A poem for the ages, freshly and accessibly translated by an international rising star, bringing together scholarly precision and poetic grace. Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- INTRODUCTION -- GILGAMESH -- TABLET I. Who saw the deep -- TABLET II. Enkidu was sitting -- TABLET III. Come back unharmed -- TABLET IV. They stopped to eat -- TABLET V. There they stood -- TABLET VI. He washed his filthy hair -- TABLET VII. Why, my friend -- TABLET VIII. At the first flood of daylight -- TABLET IX. As he wandered -- TABLET X. Shiduri was an innkeeper -- TABLET XI. Gilgamesh said to him -- TABLET XII. Had I only left -- ESSAYS -- A POEM FOR THE AGES -- STUDY THE BRICKWORK -- THE STORM OF HIS HEART -- DYING TO BE READ -- KINGS, WOMEN, MONSTERS -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. |
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| Item Description: | Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources |
| ISBN: | 0300262590 |