| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Contents -- Introduction -- About this Version -- Gilgamesh -- Prologue -- Book I -- Book II -- Book III -- Book IV -- Book V -- Book VI -- Book VII -- Book VIII -- Book IX -- Book X -- Book XI -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Glossary -- Acknowledgements |
| Summary |
Vivid, enjoyable and comprehensible, the poet and pre-eminent translator Stephen Mitchell makes the oldest epic poem in the world accessible for the first time. Gilgamesh is a born leader, but in an attempt to control his growing arrogance, the Gods create Enkidu, a wild man, his equal in strength and courage. Enkidu is trapped by a temple prostitute, civilised through sexual experience and brought to Gilgamesh. They become best friends and battle evil together. After Enkidu's death the distraught Gilgamesh sets out on a journey to find Utnapishtim, the survivor of the Great Flood, made immor |
| Notes |
Title detail screen |
| Subject |
Gilgamesh (Legendary character) -- Legends
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| SUBJECT |
Gilgamesh (Legendary character) fast |
| Subject |
Epic poetry, Assyro-Babylonian -- Translations into English
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- African.
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Epic poetry, Assyro-Babylonian
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| Genre/Form |
Legends
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Translations
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Mitchell, Stephen, 1943-
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| ISBN |
9781847653833 |
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1847653839 |
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