Gilgamesh : (Record no. 7101)

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Language of cataloging eng
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082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 892.1
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME
Personal name Mitchell, Stephen.
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Gilgamesh :
Remainder of title a new English version /
Statement of responsibility, etc Stephen Mitchell.
250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT
Edition statement 1st Free Press pbk. ed.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication New York :
Name of publisher Free Press,
Year of publication 2006.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Number of Pages 290 p. ;
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc Gilgamesh is considered one of the masterpieces of world literature, and although previously there have been competent scholarly translations of it, until now there has not been a version that is a superlative literary text in its own right. Acclaimed translator Stephen Mitchell's lithe, muscular rendering allows us to enter an ancient masterpiece as if for the first time, to see how startlingly beautiful, intelligent, and alive it is. His insightful introduction provides a historical, spiritual, and cultural context for this ancient epic, showing that Gilgamesh is more potent and fascinating than ever. Gilgamesh dates from as early as 1700 BCE -- a thousand years before the Iliad. Lost for almost two millennia, the eleven clay tablets 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. Along the way, Gilgamesh discovers that friendship can bring peace to a whole city, that a preemptive attack on a monster can have dire consequences, and that wisdom can be found only when the quest for it is abandoned. In giving voice to grief and the fear of death -- perhaps more powerfully than any book written after it -- in portraying love and vulnerability and the ego's hopeless striving for immortality, the epic has become a personal testimony for millions of readers in dozens of languages.
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Topical Term Epic poetry, Assyro-Babylonian
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Topical Term Gilgamesh (Legendary character)
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Topical Term Folklore
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Topical Term Kings and rulers
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Topical Term Giants
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Topical Term Fellowship
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Topical Term Male friendship
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Topical Term Immortality
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Topical Term Grief in men
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Topical Term Adventure stories.
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Topical Term Fear of death
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Personal name Mitchell, Stephen,
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Koha item type Books
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Withdrawn status Lost status Home library Current library Shelving location Date acquired Full call number Accession Number Koha item type
    DIS Library DIS Library Non-Fiction 3F 28/06/2014 892.1 Mitchel MH004851 Books
    DIS Library DIS Library Non-Fiction 3F 28/06/2014 892.1 Mitchel c.2 MH004860 Books