The Epic of Gilgamesh: A New Translation Analogues Criticism (First Edition) (Norton Critical Edition)
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- Synopsis
- This four-thousand-year-old tale of love, death, and adventure is the world's oldest epic masterpiece. Over a millennium before the Iliad and the Odyssey, Mesopotamian poets wrote of Gilgamesh, hero-king of the Sumerian city of Uruk. The story has four main sections: first, Gilgamesh's abuse of his subjects, the creation of his rival--the wild man Enkidu--and their eventual friendship; second, the pair's heroic quest to the forest of cedars to slay a monster and bring back a gigantic tree, thus winning immortal fame for Gilgamesh; third, the death of Enkidu, which leaves Gilgamesh terrified at the prospect of his own death; and finally, Gilgamesh's arduous search for the secret of eternal life.
- Copyright:
- 2001
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 253 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780393975161
- Publisher:
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Date of Addition:
- 01/04/17
- Copyrighted By:
- W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Poetry, Literature and Fiction
- Submitted By:
- Worth Trust
- Proofread By:
- Worth Trust
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.