Reading Sumerian Poetry: A Study of the Oldest Literature by Jeremy Black
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Reading Sumerian Poetry
Reading Sumerian Poetry
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Sumer was the first literary culture in the history of the world, as early as 2500 BC. Dr Black explroes how we can read this oldest poetry today. His account is structured around the the narrative poem that treats the hero Lugalbanda and his enounter with a monstrous bird.
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Table of Contents
Part 1: theoretical considerations; the study of imagery; translation of the Sumerian poem Lugalbanda. Part 2: literary criticism in practice; conclusion; translation of Lugalbanda in the Mountain Cave.
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NPB9780485930030
9780485930030
048593003X
Reading Sumerian Poetry: A Study of the Oldest Literature by Jeremy Black
New
Hardback
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
2000-12-01
218
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