Gilgamesh among Us : : Modern Encounters with the Ancient Epic /

Gilgamesh among Us : : Modern Encounters with the Ancient Epic / / Theodore Ziolkowski.

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The world's oldest work of literature, the Epic of Gilgamesh recounts the adventures of the semimythical Sumerian king of Uruk and his ultimately futile quest for immortality after the death of his friend and companion, Enkidu, a wildman sent by the gods. Gilgamesh was deified by the Sumerians...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Backlist 2000-2013
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Ziolkowski, Theodore,
Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2011]
©2011
Year of Publication:2011
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (248 p.) :; 6 line drawings
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Initial Reception (1884-1935)
  • 2. Representative Beginnings (1941-1958)
  • 3. The Popularization of Gilgamesh (1959-1978)
  • 4. The Contemporization of Gilgamesh (1979-1999)
  • 5. Gilgamesh in the Twenty-First Century (2000-2009)
  • Conclusion
  • Chronology
  • Notes
  • Index

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