The Epic of Gilgamesh (Norton Critical Editions)
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The Epic of Gilgamesh (ca. 2500-1500 B.C.E.) is one of the world's greatest epic narratives and, quite possibly, its oldest epic poem. Our text is based on a new English translation from original sources. An introduction, interpretive headings, explanatory annotations, and illustrations guide readers through the text and help them explore Near Eastern history and culture. Analogues includes two related groups of ancient poetry. The first is a collection of shorter, older Sumerian poems about the hero Gilgamesh, some of which appear in The Epic of Gilgamesh. The second collection includes material about Gilgamesh from the Hittite language, translations or paraphrases of Babylonian versions of the epic that have not been preserved in the same form. Criticism provides introduction and analysis in essays by William Moran, Thorkild Jacobsen, and Rivkah Harris. A Glossary of Proper Names and a Selected Bibliography are included.
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About the Author
Benjamin R. Foster is Professor of Assyriology at Yale University, where he has taught since 1975. His books include Before the Muses: An Anthology of Akkadian Literature, From Distant Day: Myths, Tales, and Poetry of Ancient Mesopotamia, Sargonic Tablets from Felloh in the Institutional Archaeological Museum, and Administration and Use of Constitutional Land in Sargonic Sumer, and Umma in the Sargonic Period.
The Epic of Gilgamesh (Norton Critical Editions),Benjamin R. Foster,Douglas Frayne,Gary M. Beckman,W. W. Norton & Company,0393975169,Ancient, Classical & Medieval,Epic poetry, Assyro-Babylonian,General,Hamito-Semitic Literature,Literature: Classics,Poetry,Translations into English,Poetry & poets: classical, early & medieval,Poetry anthologies: classical, early & medieval,Sumerian
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