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.

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Subtitles:A new translation of the ancient epic Gilgamesh
Contributors: Helle, Sophus (Translator)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: New Haven Yale University Press 2021
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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 -)
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Gilgamesch ca. 28./27. Jh. v. Chr.
Further subjects:B Electronic books
Online Access: 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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ISBN:0300262590