The epic of Gilgamesh / an English version, with an introduction by N.K. Sandars.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sandars, N. K. (Nancy K.)

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Penguin classics

Standardized Title:

Gilgamesh. English

Language:

English

Sumerian

Subjects (All):

Epic poetry, Assyro-Babylonian--Translations into English.

Epic poetry, Assyro-Babylonian.

Genre:

Translations.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

127 pages : map ; 18 cm.

Edition:

Revised edition, incorporating new material.

Place of Publication:

Harmondsworth ; New York : Penguin, 1972.

Summary:

Presents an English version of the epic poem which dates from the third millenium B.C., telling of the adventures of Gilgamesh, the great king of Uruk, and his search for immortality.

Contents:

Introduction. 1. The history of the epic

2. the discovery of the tables

3. the historical background

4. the literary background

5. the hero of epic

6. the principal Gods of the epic

7. the story

8. survival

9. the diciton of the epic

10. remarks on this version acknowledgments.

The Epic of Gilgamesh. 1. the coming of Enkidu

2. the forest journey

3. Ishtar and Gilgamesh, and the death of Enkidu

4. the search for everlasting life

5. the story of the blood

6.the return

7. the death of gilgamesh.

Glossary of names

Appendix: sources.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

014044100X

9780140441000

OCLC:

7798490