Gilgamesh: a new English version
Publisher:
Free Press
Pub. Date:
[2004]
Language:
English
Subjects
Subjects
Action and adventure fiction
Adventure stories
Amitié masculine
Amitié masculine -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
Arrogance in men
Arrogance in men -- Fiction
Camaraderie
Camaraderie -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
Chagrin chez l'homme
Chagrin chez l'homme -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
Epic poetry
Epic poetry, Assyro-Babylonian
Epic poetry, Assyro-Babylonian -- Translations into English
Fear of death
Fear of death -- Fiction
Fellowship
Fellowship -- Fiction
Fiction
Fictional Work
Folklore
Folklore -- Irak
Folklore -- Iraq
Giants
Giants (Folklore)
Giants (Folklore) -- Fiction
Gilgamesh
Gilgamesh -- (Legendary character)
Gilgamesh -- (Legendary character) -- Legends
Grief in men
Grief in men -- Fiction
Géants
Géants -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
Histoire
History
Immortality
Immortality -- Fiction
Immortalité
Immortalité -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
Irak -- Histoire -- Jusqu'à 634 -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
Iraq
Iraq -- History -- To 330 B.C -- Fiction
Iraq -- History -- To 634 -- Fiction
Kings and rulers
Kings and rulers -- Fiction
Legends
Male friendship
Male friendship -- Fiction
Peur de la mort
Peur de la mort -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
poetry
Poésie
Poésie épique
Rois et souverains
Rois et souverains -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
Romans
Sound recordings
Tall people
Tall people -- Fiction
Translations
Translations into English
Adventure stories
Amitié masculine
Amitié masculine -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
Arrogance in men
Arrogance in men -- Fiction
Camaraderie
Camaraderie -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
Chagrin chez l'homme
Chagrin chez l'homme -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
Epic poetry
Epic poetry, Assyro-Babylonian
Epic poetry, Assyro-Babylonian -- Translations into English
Fear of death
Fear of death -- Fiction
Fellowship
Fellowship -- Fiction
Fiction
Fictional Work
Folklore
Folklore -- Irak
Folklore -- Iraq
Giants
Giants (Folklore)
Giants (Folklore) -- Fiction
Gilgamesh
Gilgamesh -- (Legendary character)
Gilgamesh -- (Legendary character) -- Legends
Grief in men
Grief in men -- Fiction
Géants
Géants -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
Histoire
History
Immortality
Immortality -- Fiction
Immortalité
Immortalité -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
Irak -- Histoire -- Jusqu'à 634 -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
Iraq
Iraq -- History -- To 330 B.C -- Fiction
Iraq -- History -- To 634 -- Fiction
Kings and rulers
Kings and rulers -- Fiction
Legends
Male friendship
Male friendship -- Fiction
Peur de la mort
Peur de la mort -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
poetry
Poésie
Poésie épique
Rois et souverains
Rois et souverains -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
Romans
Sound recordings
Tall people
Tall people -- Fiction
Translations
Translations into English
Description
Gilgamesh is considered one of the masterpieces of world literature, and although previously there have been competent scholarly translations of it, until now there has not been a version that is a superlative literary text in its own right. Acclaimed translator Stephen Mitchell's lithe, muscular rendering allows us to enter an ancient masterpiece as if for the first time, to see how startlingly beautiful, intelligent, and alive it is. His insightful introduction provides a historical, spiritual, and cultural context for this ancient epic, showing that Gilgamesh is more potent and fascinating than ever. Gilgamesh dates from as early as 1700 BCE -- a thousand years before the Iliad. Lost for almost two millennia, the eleven clay tablets on which the epic was inscribed were discovered in 1853 in the ruins of Nineveh, and the text was not deciphered and fully translated until the end of the century. The epic is the story of literature's first hero -- the king of Uruk in what is present-day Iraq -- and his journey of self-discovery. Along the way, Gilgamesh discovers that friendship can bring peace to a whole city, that a preemptive attack on a monster can have dire consequences, and that wisdom can be found only when the quest for it is abandoned. In giving voice to grief and the fear of death -- perhaps more powerfully than any book written after it -- in portraying love and vulnerability and the ego's hopeless striving for immortality, the epic has become a personal testimony for millions of readers in dozens of languages.
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Chagrin chez l'homme -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
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Epic poetry, Assyro-Babylonian
Epic poetry, Assyro-Babylonian -- Translations into English
Fear of death
Fear of death -- Fiction
Fellowship
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Fiction
Fictional Work
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Giants
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Grief in men
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Immortalité -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
Irak -- Histoire -- Jusqu'à 634 -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
Iraq
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Iraq -- History -- To 634 -- Fiction
Kings and rulers
Kings and rulers -- Fiction
Legends
Male friendship
Male friendship -- Fiction
Peur de la mort -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
Poetry
Poésie
Poésie épique
Rois et souverains -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
Romans
Sound recordings
Tall people -- Fiction
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Adventure stories
Amitié masculine -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
Arrogance in men -- Fiction
Camaraderie -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
Chagrin chez l'homme -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
Epic poetry
Epic poetry, Assyro-Babylonian
Epic poetry, Assyro-Babylonian -- Translations into English
Fear of death
Fear of death -- Fiction
Fellowship
Fellowship -- Fiction
Fiction
Fictional Work
Folklore
Folklore -- Irak
Folklore -- Iraq
Giants
Giants (Folklore) -- Fiction
Gilgamesh -- (Legendary character)
Gilgamesh -- (Legendary character) -- Legends
Grief in men
Grief in men -- Fiction
Géants -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
History
Immortality
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Immortalité -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
Irak -- Histoire -- Jusqu'à 634 -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
Iraq
Iraq -- History -- To 330 B.C -- Fiction
Iraq -- History -- To 634 -- Fiction
Kings and rulers
Kings and rulers -- Fiction
Legends
Male friendship
Male friendship -- Fiction
Peur de la mort -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
Poetry
Poésie
Poésie épique
Rois et souverains -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
Romans
Sound recordings
Tall people -- Fiction
Translations
Translations into English
poetry
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Gilgamesh [sound recording] : a new English version / Stephen Mitchell
Gilgamesh [sound recording] : a new English version. [unabridged] / Stephen Mitchell
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Amitié masculine
Arrogance in men
Camaraderie
Chagrin chez l'homme
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Fear of death
Fellowship
Folklore
Giants
Giants (Folklore)
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Grief in men
Géants
Histoire
History
Immortality
Immortalité
Kings and rulers
Male friendship
Peur de la mort
Rois et souverains
Tall people
Amitié masculine
Arrogance in men
Camaraderie
Chagrin chez l'homme
Epic poetry, Assyro-Babylonian
Fear of death
Fellowship
Folklore
Giants
Giants (Folklore)
Gilgamesh
Grief in men
Géants
Histoire
History
Immortality
Immortalité
Kings and rulers
Male friendship
Peur de la mort
Rois et souverains
Tall people
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