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The epic of Gilgamesh : a new translation, analogues, criticism
Gilgamesh. English.
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An English-language rendering of the world's oldest epic follows the journey of conquest and self-discovery by the king of Uruk, in an edition that includes an introduction that places the story in...
An English-language rendering of the world's oldest epic follows the journey of conquest and self-discovery by the king of Uruk, in an edition that includes an introduction that places the story in its historical and cultural context.
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- Creator
- translated and edited by Benjamin R. Foster. The Sumerian Gilgamesh poems / translated by Douglas Frayne. The Hittite Gilgamesh / translated by Gary Beckman
- Included Titles
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- Sumerian Gilgamesh poems
- Hittite Gilgamesh
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- First edition
- New York : W.W. Norton, ©2001
- Series
- Physical Details
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- xxiii, 229 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- ISBNs
- 0393975169, 9780393975161, 0393978168, 9780393978162
- OCLC
- ocm43790939
- Includes bibliographical references (page 229).
- The text of the Epic of Gilgamesh -- Analogues to the Epic of Gilgamesh. The Sumerian Gilgamesh poems ; The Hittite Gilgamesh ; The Gilgamesh letter -- Criticism. The Gilgamesh epic : a masterpiece from Ancient Mesopotamia / William Moran ; "And death the journey's end" : the Gilgamesh epic / Thorkild Jacobsen ; Images of women in the Gilgamesh epic / Rivkah Harris -- Gilgamesh remembers a dream / Hillary Major -- Glossary of proper names