The Epic of Gilgamesh: A Norton Critical Edition by Benjamin R. Foster (English)

Description: The Epic of Gilgamesh by Benjamin R. Foster This Norton Critical Edition includes: An expanded translation from the Akkadian by Benjamin R. Foster based on new discoveries, adding lines throughout the worlds oldest epic masterpiece.Benjamin R. Fosters 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. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography 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. Long Description "This scrupulous new translation of The Epic of Gilgamesh manages to convey much of the archaic power and even something of the occasional humor of the ancient Mesopotamian poem. What is especially valuable is that the translators, by collating passages from the different ancient versions of this epic that have survived only in fragments, have made available many vivid narrative episodes that will be new to most English readers of the poem." --Robert Alter, University of California, Berkeley Details ISBN0393643980 ISBN-10 0393643980 ISBN-13 9780393643985 Format Paperback Imprint WW Norton & Co Subtitle A Norton Critical Edition Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States Edited by Benjamin R. Foster DEWEY 892.1 Affiliation Yale University Year 2019 Series Norton Critical Editions Replaces 9780393975161 Pages 272 Author Benjamin R. Foster Language English Edition 2nd Publication Date 2019-05-17 UK Release Date 2019-05-17 NZ Release Date 2019-05-17 US Release Date 2019-05-17 Birth 1856 Death 1939 Position Associate Professor of the History of Art Qualifications Ph.D. Publisher WW Norton & Co Edition Description Second Edition Audience Tertiary & Higher Education AU Release Date 2019-05-30 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:161731170;

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