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Paperback Gilgamesh: The Life of a Poem Book

ISBN: 0691205167

ISBN13: 9780691205168

Gilgamesh: The Life of a Poem

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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 is a story of monsters, gods, and cataclysms, and of intimate friendship and love. Acclaimed literary historian Michael Schmidt provides a unique meditation...

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