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The Epic of Gilgamesh
The Epic of Gilgamesh
Author: Danny P. Jackson
The longing stretch toward the infinite . . . the reluctant embrace of the temporal. . . . This is the eternal lot of mankind. This is The Epic of Gilgamesh. Literature's first chronicle of search for meaning was born in the Cradle of Civilization over 4,000 years ago. Jackson's poetic rendition of humanity's first epic captures the ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780865162518
ISBN-10: 0865162514
Publication Date: 10/1993
Pages: 96
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Publisher: Bolchazy Carducci Pub
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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This is the oldest epic poem surviving. It was written approx 2000 BCE! And yet it feels very modern almost as if someone today was writing in the epic style.
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