Gilgamesh: The Life of a Poem
- ISBN-10
- 0691195242
- ISBN-13
- 9780691195247
- Series
- Gilgamesh
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 192
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2019-09-24
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Author
- Michael Schmidt
Description
Acclaimed literary historian Schmidt provides a unique meditation on the rediscovery of Gilgamesh and its profound influence on poets today. He describes how the poem is a work in progress even now, an undertaking that has drawn on the talents and obsessions of an unlikely cast of characters, from archaeologists and museum curators to tomb raiders and jihadis.
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