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Reading Sumerian Poetry

By Jeremy Black

Book information

Publisher
The Athlone Press
Year
1998
ISBN
048593003X, 9780485930030
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3060014 bytes)
Series
Athlone Publications in Egyptology & Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Pages
205\108
Time added
2022-01-12 10:05:20

Description

An analysis of the oldest form of poetry. Sumer, in the southern part of Iraq, created the first literary culture in history, as early as 2500BC. The account is structured around a complete English translation of the fragmentary Lugalbanda poems, narrating the adventures of the eponymous hero. The study reveals a work of a rich and sophisticated poetic imagination and technique, which, far from being in any sense 'primitive', are so complex as to resist much modern literary analysis.>

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