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The Epic of Gilgamesh
A Norton Critical Edition
Series: Norton Critical Editions
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Ideal for students, scholars, and enthusiasts of ancient literature and Mesopotamian culture, this edition provides comprehensive commentary and resources to deepen understanding of this foundational work in world literature.
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This Norton Critical Edition includes:
- An expanded translation from the Akkadian by Benjamin R. Foster based on new discoveries, adding lines throughout the world's oldest epic masterpiece.
- Benjamin R. Foster's full introduction and expanded explanatory annotations.
- Eleven illustrations.
- Analogues from the Sumerian and Hittite narrative traditions along with The Gilgamesh Letter, a parody of the epic enjoyed by Mesopotamian schoolchildren during the first millennium BCE.
- Essays by Thorkild Jacobsen, William L. Moran, Susan Ackerman, and Andrew R. George, and a poem by Hillary Major.
- A Glossary of Proper Names and a Selected Bibliography.
Experience the timeless adventure and profound insights of The Epic of Gilgamesh in this comprehensive edition.
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ISBN: 9780393643985
Publisher: WW Norton & Co
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 01 April 2019
Country: United States
Imprint: WW Norton & Co
Edition: Second Edition
Contributors:
- Edited by Benjamin R. Foster
Audience: Tertiary education
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 15.0mm
Width: 130.0mm
Height: 216.0mm
Weight: 232g
Pages: 272
About the Author
Benjamin R. Foster is Professor of Assyriology at Yale University, where he has taught since 1975. His books include Before the Muses: An Anthology of Akkadian Literature, From Distant Days: Myths, Tales, and Poetry of Ancient Mesopotamia, Sargonic Tablets from Telloh in the Istanbul Archaeological Museum, and Administration and Use of Institutional Land in Sargonic Sumer, and Umma in the Sargonic Period.
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