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The Epic of Gilgamesh Paperback - 1989 - 1st Edition
by Maureen Gallery Kovacs
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Details
- Title The Epic of Gilgamesh
- Author Maureen Gallery Kovacs
- Binding Paperback
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Condition New
- Pages 160
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Stanford Univ Pr, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
- Date 1989
- Bookseller's Inventory # x-0804717117
- ISBN 9780804717113 / 0804717117
- Weight 0.45 lbs (0.20 kg)
- Dimensions 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.5 in (21.34 x 13.97 x 1.27 cm)
- Reading level 1090
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Themes
- Cultural Region: African
- Library of Congress subjects Epic poetry, Assyro-Babylonian -
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 89004318
- Dewey Decimal Code 892.1
From the jacket flap
Since the discovery over one hundred years ago of a body of Mesopotamian poetry preserved on clay tablets, what has come to be known as the Epic of Gilgamesh has been considered a masterpiece of ancient literature. It recounts the deeds of a hero-king of ancient Mesopotamia, following him through adventures and encounters with men and gods alike. Yet the central concerns of the Epic lie deeper than the lively and exotic story line: they revolve around a man's eternal struggle with the limitations of human nature, and encompass the basic human feelings of lonliness, friendship, love, loss, revenge, and the fear of oblivion of death. These themes are developed in a distinctly Mesopotamian idiom, to be sure, but with a sensitivity and intensity that touch the modern reader across the chasm of three thousand years. This translation presents the Epic to the general reader in a clear narrative.