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Gilgamesh: A New English Version
de Stephen Mitchell
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- ISBN 10
- 074326164X
- ISBN 13
- 9780743261647
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Gilgamesh: A New English Version, Stephen Mitchell. Published by Free Press, 2004. First Edition. 290pp. with introduction and glossary. Quarter black cloth over black boards, gilt titles and borders, patterned endpapers. In fine, unread condition.
Gilgamesh dates from as early as 1700 BCE – a thousand years before the Iliad. Lost for almost two millennia, the eleven clay tables on which the epic was inscribed were discovered in 1853 in the ruins of Nineveh, and the text was not deciphered and fully translated until the end of the century. The epic is the story of literature's first hero—the king of Uruk in what is present-day Iraq—and his journey of self-discovery. A brilliant new rendering of the oldest epic in the world by esteemed translator and bestselling author Stephen Mitchell.
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Gilgamesh is considered one of the masterpieces of world literature, but until now there has not been a version that is a superlative literary text in its own right. Acclaimed by critics and scholars, Stephen Mitchell's version allows us to enter an ancient masterpiece as if for the first time, to see how startlingly beautiful, intelligent, and alive it is.
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- Librería
- Back Lane Books (Member of IOBA)
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 5063
- Título
- Gilgamesh: A New English Version
- Autor
- Stephen Mitchell
- Estado del libro
- Usado
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Encuadernación
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- ISBN 10
- 074326164X
- ISBN 13
- 9780743261647
- Editorial
- Free Press
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Primera fecha de publicación de esta edición
- September 28, 2004
- Catálogos del vendedor
- MYTHHOLGY AND FOLK TALES; LITERATURE;
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