Gilgamesh

von Stephen Mitchell

304 Seiten, Taschenbuch

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'A powerful translation' The Telegraph'As narrative verse, this Gilgamesh entrances and enthrals.' Independent'Stephen Mitchell's Gilgamesh is a wonderful version' Harold BloomDiscover the foundational work of world literature - the world's oldest epic poem, vividly translated by Stephen Mitchell.Gilgamesh is a born leader, the king of Uruk. But he is arrogant. To control Gilgamesh, the Gods create Enkidu, a wild man, his equal in strength and courage. They are destined to come to conflict - and yet together they could rid the world of evil, and Gilgamesh may finally discover the one secret the Gods have kept from humanity: the gift of eternal life.Written in the second millennium B.C. the Epic of Gilgamesh is one of the most important surviving works of ancient literature, a thousand years older than Homer's Iliad and Odyssey. A core influence on religion, culture and the heroic tradition, it is essential reading to understand the birth of ancient civilisations.

• Themen: Biographie, Literatur und Literaturwissenschaft Lyrik, Poesie Anthologien (verschiedene Dichter)
• ISBN: 9781861977984
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 06.10.2005
• Größe: 197 x 128 mm
• Verlag: Profile Books Ltd