Gilgamesh: The Life of a Poem 0691196990, 9780691196992

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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Gilgamesh: The Life of a Poem
 0691196990,  9780691196992

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

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