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Lost for centuries to the sands of the Middle East but found again in the 1850s, it is a story of monsters, gods, and cataclysms, and of intimate friendship and love.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAcclaimed literary historian Michael Schmidt provides a unique meditation on the rediscovery of \u003ci\u003eGilgamesh\u003c\/i\u003e, showing how part of its special fascination is its captivating otherness. He reflects on the work of leading poets such as Charles Olson, Louis Zukofsky, and Yusef Komunyakaa, whose own encounters with the poem are revelatory, and he reads its many translations and editions to bring it vividly to life for today's readers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Wonderful... Schmidt's argument for the poem as poetry, in the modern sense—concrete, unglazed, tough on the mind—is touching and persuasive. 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