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题名/责任者:

Gilgamesh : the life of a poem / Michael Schmidt ; [Editoral: Ben Tate and Charlie Allen]

出版发行项:

Princeton ; Oxford : Princeton University Press, [2019]

ISBN:

9780691195247

ISBN:

0691195242

ISBN:

9780691205168

ISBN:

0691205167

载体形态项:

xvii, 165 pages ; 23 cm

个人责任者:

Schmidt, Michael, 1947- author.

附加个人名称:

Tate, Ben, editor.

附加个人名称:

Allen, Charlie, editor.

个人名称主题:

Gilgamesh-(Legendary character)-In literature.

统一题名主题:

Gilgamesh.

统一题名主题:

Gilgamesh-Influence.

论题主题:

Epic poetry, Assyro-Babylonian-History and criticism.

论题主题:

Heroes in literature.

中图法分类号:

I106.2

书目附注:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [159]-162) and index.

摘要附注:

"Reflections on a lost poem and its rediscovery by contemporary poets. Gilgamesh is the most ancient long poem known to exist. It is also the newest classic in the canon of world literature. Lost for centuries to the sands of the Middle East but found again in the 1850s, it tells the story of a great king, his heroism, and his eventual defeat. It is a story of monsters, gods, and cataclysms, and of intimate friendship and love. Acclaimed literary historian Michael Schmidt provides a unique meditation on the rediscovery of Gilgamesh and its profound influence on poets today. Schmidt 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. Fragments of the poem, incised on clay tablets, were scattered across a huge expanse of desert when it was recovered in the nineteenth century. The poem had to be reassembled, its languages deciphered. The discovery of a pre-Noah flood story was front-page news on both sides of the Atlantic, and the poem's allure only continues to grow as additional cuneiform tablets come to light. Its translation, interpretation, and integration are ongoing. In this illuminating book, Schmidt discusses the special fascination Gilgamesh holds for contemporary poets, arguing that part of its appeal is its captivating otherness. He reflects on the work of leading poets such as Charles Olson, Louis Zukofsky, and Yusef Komunyakaa, whose own encounters with the poem are revelatory, and he reads its many translations and editions to bring it vividly to life for readers."--Publisher's website.

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