Reading Sumerian Poetry

A Study of the Oldest Literature

AvJeremy Black

Inbunden, Engelska, 2000

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Beskrivning

An analysis of the oldest form of poetry. Sumer, in the southern part of Iraq, created the first literary culture in history, as early as 2500BC. The account is structured around a complete English translation of the fragmentary Lugalbanda poems, narrating the adventures of the eponymous hero. The study reveals a work of a rich and sophisticated poetic imagination and technique, which, far from being in any sense 'primitive', are so complex as to resist much modern literary analysis.

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Utgivningsdatum:2000-12-01
Mått:156 x 234 x 16 mm
Vikt:496 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Athlone Publications in Egyptology & Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Antal sidor:240
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN:9780485930030

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Jeremy Black is Professor of History at the University of Exeter, UK, and a Senior Fellow at the Center for the Study of America and the West at the Foreign Policy Research Institute in Philadelphia, USA.

Innehållsförteckning

Part 1: theoretical considerations; the study of imagery; translation of the Sumerian poem "Lugalbanda". Part 2: literary criticism in practice; conclusion; translation of "Lugalbanda in the Mountain Cave".