Weapons of words: : intertextual competition in Babylonian poetry : a study of Anzū, Enūma eliš, and Erra and Išum / / by Selena Wisnom.

• Superior document: Culture and History of the Ancient Near East; volume106
• VerfasserIn: Wisnom, Laura Selena, 1986-
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden Boston : : BRILL,, 2020.
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Series: Culture and History of the Ancient Near East; volume106.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (290 pages)
• Notes: Based on the author's dissertation (doctoral)--University of Oxford, 2014.

In Weapons of Words: Intertextual Competition in Babylonian Poetry Selena Wisnom offers an in-depth literary study of three poems central to Babylonian culture: Anzû, Enūma eliš, and Erra and Išum . Fundamentally interconnected, each poem strives to out-do its predecessors and competes to establish its protagonist, its ideals, and its poetics as superior to those that came before them. The first of its kind in Assyriology, Weapons of Words explores the rich nuances of these poems by unravelling complex networks of allusion. Through a sophisticated analysis of literary techniques, Selena Wisnom traces developments in the Akkadian poetic tradition and demonstrates that intertextual readings are essential for a deeper understanding of Mesopotamian literature.

Table of Contents

Front Matter -- Copyright Page -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Allusions in Anzû -- Enūma eliš and Anzû -- Enūma eliš and Atraḫasīs -- Enūma eliš and Lugal-e -- Erra and Išum: Allusions to Anzû and Lugal-e -- Overturning the Old Order: Erra and Išum and Enūma eliš, Atraḫasīs, and Gilgameš -- Erra and Išum and Lamentations -- Conclusion—a Self-Conscious Tradition -- Back Matter -- References -- Indexes.