The Buried Book: The Loss and Rediscovery of the Great Epic of Gilgamesh

Adventurers, explorers, kings, gods, and goddesses come to life in this useful, entertaining and informative story of...
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Author: David Damrosch
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The Buried Book: The Loss and Rediscovery of the Great Epic of Gilgamesh by Damrosch, David

The Buried Book: The Loss and Rediscovery of the Great Epic of Gilgamesh

€33,32

The Buried Book: The Loss and Rediscovery of the Great Epic of Gilgamesh

€33,32
Author: David Damrosch
Format: Paperback
Language: English

Adventurers, explorers, kings, gods, and goddesses come to life in this useful, entertaining and informative story of the first great epic (The Washington Post)

Composed in Middle Babylonia around 1200 BCE, The Epic of Gilgamesh foreshadowed later stories that would become as fundamental as any in human history: The Odyssey and the Bible. But in 600 BCE, the clay tablets that bore the story were lost to the world, buried beneath ashes and ruins.

David Damrosch begins with the rediscovery of the epic in 1872 and from there goes backward in time, all the way to Gilgamesh himself. The Buried Book is an illuminating tale of history as it was written, stolen, lost, and--after 2,000 years and countless battles, conspiracies, and revelations--finally found.

Author: David Damrosch
Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL
Published: 09/05/2000
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9780805087253

About the Author

David Damrosch is a professor of English and comparative literature at Columbia University. He is the general editor of The Longman Anthology of World Literature and the founding general editor of The Longman Anthology of British Literature. He lives in New York City.




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