Gilgamesh : (Record no. 7101)
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Original cataloging agency | NOG |
Language of cataloging | eng |
Transcribing agency | NOG |
Modifying agency | BAKER |
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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. |
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
Topical Term | Epic poetry, Assyro-Babylonian |
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
Topical Term | Gilgamesh (Legendary character) |
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
Topical Term | Folklore |
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
Topical Term | Kings and rulers |
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
Topical Term | Giants |
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
Topical Term | Fellowship |
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
Topical Term | Male friendship |
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
Topical Term | Immortality |
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
Topical Term | Grief in men |
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
Topical Term | Adventure stories. |
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
Topical Term | Fear of death |
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
Personal name | Mitchell, Stephen, |
942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
Koha item type | Books |
Withdrawn status | Lost status | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Full call number | Accession Number | Koha item type |
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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 |