Gilgamesh is the most ancient long poem known to exist. It is also the newest classic in the canon of world literature.
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English Pages 192 Year 2019
Table of contents :
Acknowledgements xii
Preface xiii
Introduction 1
Riddles 5
Two Roads Diverge 11
Tablet 1 32
Tablet 2 48
Tablet 3 52
Tablet 4 55
Tablet 5 58
Tablet 6 65
Tablet 7 73
Tablet 8 77
Tablet 9 79
Tablet 10 82
Tablet 11 88
Tablet 12 95
Imagining Gilgamesh 99
Getting a Grip 115
What Sort of Poem? (1) 127
What Sort of Poem? (2) 133
Gilgamesh Reads Us 141
How You Tell It 147
Postface 157
Bibliography 159
Index 163