Ancient Egyptian literature : an anthology / translated by John L. Foster.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Foster, John L. (John Lawrence), 1930-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Egyptian literature--Translations into English.

Egyptian literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxiii, 272 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

lst ed.

Other Title:

Egyptian literature

Place of Publication:

Austin, TX : University of Texas Press, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This anthology offers an extensive sampling of all the major genres of ancient Egyptian literature, including poetry, stories, hymns, prayers & wisdom texts. An introduction to ancient Egyptian literature & its translation, as well as brief information of the authorship & date of each selection, accompany Foster's translations.

Contents:

Akhenaten's hymn to the sun

The tale of the shipwrecked sailor

Why, just now, must you question your heart

I love you through the daytimes

My love is one and only

Love, how I'd love to slip down to the pond

Love of you is mixed deep in my vitals

I think I'll go home and lie very still

Songs of the birdcatcher's daughter

The instruction for little Pepi on his way to school

Longing for Memphis

Oh, I'm bound downstream on the Memphis Ferry

Rebuke addressed to a dissipated scribe

Menna's lament

The debate between a man tired of life and his soul

The resurrection of King Unis

Prayer to the king to rise up

Hymn to the king as a primordial god

Hymn to the king as a flash of lightning

Prayer of the king as a star fading in the dawn

The prophecy of Neferty

The testament of Amenemhat

Two spells

Spell for causing the beloved to follow after

Power from the four winds of Heaven

The greatness of the king

Prayer of King Ramesses II

For a portrait of the queen

Hymn to Osiris

Hymn to the Nile

Hymn to the rising sun

In praise of Amun

Lament to Amun

The tale of Sinuhe

From 'The Leiden hymns'

The prayers of Pahery

From the tomb of King Intef

The harper's song for Inherkhawy

From 'The eloquent peasant'

The peasant's eighth complaint

From 'The maxims of Ptahhotep'

The Instruction for Merikarê

The wisdom of Amenemopet

Epilogue: the immortality of writers

List of hieroglyphic passages

Sources of the texts.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-272).

ISBN:

9780292781931

0292781938

9780292798137

029279813X

OCLC:

55898395