The Tale of Sinuhe and other ancient Egyptian poems, 1940-1640 BC
By: translated with an introduction and notes by R.B. Parkinson.
Contributors: Parkinson, R. B.
Series: Oxford world's classics; Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)
Publisher: Oxford University press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 298
Subjects: Egyptian poetry -- Translations into English
Description: "This anthology contains all the substantial surviving works from the golden age of Ancient Egyptian fictional literature (c.1940-1640 B.C.). Composed by an anonymous author in the form of a funerary autobiography, the Tale tells how the courtier Sinuhe flees Egypt at the death of his king. His adventures bring wealth and happiness, but his failure to find meaningful life abroad is only redeemed by the new king's sympathy, and he finally returns to the security of his homeland. Other works from the Middle Kingdom include a poetic dialogue between a man and his soul on the problem of suffering and death, a teaching about the nature of wisdom which is bitterly spoken by the ghost of the assassinated King Amenemhat I, and a series of light-hearted tales of wonder from the court of the builder of the Great Pyramid."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Originally published: Oxford ; New York : Clarendon Press, 1997.