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The debate between a man and his soul : a masterpiece of ancient Egyptian literature / by James Allen.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Allen, James P., 1945-
- Series:
- Culture and history of the ancient Near East ; 1566-2055 v. 44.
- Culture and history of the ancient Near East, 1566-2055 ; v. 44
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dispute of a man with his soul.
- Egyptian poetry--History and criticism.
- Egyptian poetry.
- Eschatology, Egyptian.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (269 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book is a new study of the ancient Egyptian poem known in English as The Man Who Was Tired of Life or The Dialogue of a Man and His Ba (or Soul ). The composition is universally regarded as one of the masterpieces of ancient Egyptian literature. It is also one of the most difficult and continually debated, as well as being the subject of more than one hundred books and articles. The present study offers new readings and translations, along with an analysis of the text’s grammar and versification, and a complete philological apparatus.
- Contents:
- Preliminary Material
- Chapter One: Introduction
- Chapter Two: Epigraphic Analysis
- Chapter Three: Philological Analysis
- Chapter Four: Grammatical Analysis
- Chapter Five: Stylistic Analysis
- Chapter Six: Textual Analysis
- Appendix One: The Text
- Appendix Two: Versification
- Appendix Three: oGARDINER 369
- Appendix Four: Sign List
- Appendix Five: Lexicon and Grammar
- Bibliography
- Index
- Photographs and Hieroglyphic Transcription.
- Notes:
- Includes a transliteration of the original text with English translation.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contains:
- Dispute of a man with his soul. English & Egyptian.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-85642-5
- 90-04-19306-5
- OCLC:
- 812919555
- Publisher Number:
- 10.1163/ej.9789004193031.i-257 DOI
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