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description: The longing stretch toward the infinite...the reluctant embrace of the temporal. This is the eternal lot of mankind. This is The Epic of Gilgamesh. Our revised 2nd edition of mankind's first epic features a lucid historical and cultural introduction by Dr. Biggs, a new interpretive essay on the themes of Gilgamesh by James G. Keenan and their echoes in other literature, and ancient world and original illustrations. Though The Epic of Gilgamesh exists in several editions, this version has been undertaken with a very specific intent -- to remain faithful to the source material while attempting to convey the poetic scope of a work that is both lusty and tender and that retains the ability to arouse compassion and empathy in all who follow Gilgamesh on his journey. This edition aims to reanimate the story of Gilgamesh and Enkidu for modern readers, bringing it new life through indelible poetic images. For centuries the beginnings of the literary history of the West were defined by the Hebrew Bible--what most people call the Old Testament--and Homer's epic poems, the Iliad and Odyssey. These texts were once naively imagined to have come about in splendid isolation either as a miracle of divine creation or the spontaneous combustion of the ?Greek genius.? The mighty stream of words down over the millennia to our own time are so many generations of offspring still somehow beholden to their initial begetters. Thus do we construe Western Literature. - from Ancient Epic Poetry Chapter 8: Gilgamesh Charles Rowan Beye Special Features * Story Commentary* Historical Notes* Illustrated Introduction* 15 Original Woodcut Prints* 18 Photos Also Ancient Epic Homer, Apollonius, Virgil With A Chapter On The Gilgamesh Poems - ISBN 0865166072The Evolution of the Gilgamesh Epic - ISBN 0865165467 For over 30 years Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers has produced the highest quality Latin and ancient Greek books. From Dr. Suess books in Latin to Plato's Apology , Bolchazy-Carducci's titles help readers learn about ancient Rome and Greece; the Latin and ancient Greek languages are alive and well with titles like Cicero's De Amicitia and Kaegi's Greek Grammar . We also feature a line of contemporary eastern European and WWII books. Some of the areas we publish in Selections From The AeneidLatin Grammar &amp; PronunciationGreek Grammar &amp; PronunciationTexts Supporting Wheelock's LatinClassical author Vergil, Ovid, Horace, Catullus, CiceroVocabulary Cards For AP Vergil, Ovid, Catullus, HoraceGreek MythologyGreek LexiconSlovak Culture And History
language: English
title: The Epic of Gilgamesh
titlecomplete: The Epic of Gilgamesh
characters: Ishtar, Gilgamesh, Uta-napishti, Humbaba, Enkidu
genres: Classics, Epic, Fantasy, Religion, Fiction, School, Ancient, Literature, Mythology, Poetry
ratings_count: 91631
places: Ur, Mesopotamia
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name: Premi Crítica Serra d'Or de Traducció
publisher: Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers