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Gilgamesh
Paperback / softback
Main Details
| Title |
Gilgamesh
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Herbert Mason
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:128 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 210,Width 140 |
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| Category/Genre | Poetry |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780618275649
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| Classifications | Dewey:811.54 |
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Cengage Learning, Inc
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| Imprint |
Houghton Mifflin
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| Publication Date |
8 July 2003 |
| Publication Country |
United States
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Description
Herbert Mason's best-selling Gilgamesh is the most widely read and enduring interpretation of this ancient Babylonian epic.One of the oldest and most universal stories known in literature, the epic of Gilgamesh presents the grand, timeless themes of love and death, loss and reparations within the stirring tale of a hero-king and his doomed friend.A finalist for the National Book Award, Mason's retelling is at once a triumph of scholarship, a masterpiece of style, and a labor of love that grew out of the poet's long affinity with the original.
Author Biography
Herbert Mason is William Goodwin Aurelio professor of history and religious thought at Boston University. He lives in Phillipston, Massachusetts.
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