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Male and Female in the Epic of Gilgamesh : Encounters, Literary History, and Interpretation /

The deeds and struggles of Gilgamesh, legendary king of the city-state Uruk in the land of Sumer, have fascinated readers for millennia. They are preserved primarily in the Epic of Gilgamesh, one of the most well-known pieces of Mesopotamian literature. Studying the text draws us into an orbit that...

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Autor principal: Abusch, I. Tzvi (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Winona Lake, Indiana : Eisenbrauns, 2015.
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505 0 0 |t Frontmatter --  |t Contents --  |t Preface --  |t Introduction --  |t Sources --  |t 1. Ishtar's Proposal and Gilgamesh's Refusal: An Interpretation of The Gilgamesh Epic, Tablet VI, Lines 1-79 --  |t 2. Gilgamesh's Request and Siduri's Denial, Part I: The Meaning of the Dialogue and Its Implications for the History of the Epic --  |t 3. Gilgamesh's Request and Siduri's Denial, Part II: An Analysis and Interpretation of an Old Babylonian Fragment about Mourning and Celebration --  |t 4. Mourning the Death of a Friend: Some Assyriological Notes --  |t 5. The Epic of Gilgamesh and the Homeric Epics --  |t 6. The Development and Meaning of the Epic of Gilgamesh: An Interpretive Essay --  |t 7. The Courtesan, the Wild Man, and the Hunter: Studies in the Literary History of the Epic of Gilgamesh --  |t 8. Hunting in the Epic of Gilgamesh: Speculations on the Education of a Prince --  |t 9. The Tale of the Wild Man and the Courtesan in India and Mesopotamia: The Seductions of Ṛśyaśṛṅga in the Mahābhārata and Enkidu in the Epic of Gilgamesh (coauthored with Emily West) --  |t Abbreviations --  |t Bibliography --  |t Index of Citations. 
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