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Gilgamesh: A Rendering in English Verse
The classic verse rendering of the great epic of ancient Mesopotamia.Gilgamesh is the story of the godlike...
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The classic verse rendering of the great epic of ancient Mesopotamia.
Gilgamesh is the story of the godlike ruler of the ancient Mesopotamian city Uruk. The start of the poem finds Gilgamesh as a brutal tyrant, whose potency is unmatched and unchecked. The god Aruru fashions him a match, a wild man called Enkidu, who fights the ruler but soon becomes Gilgamesh's beloved companion and friend. The story of their shared heroism, the pain of Enkidu's untimely death, and of Gilgamesh's quest for immortality was told across a series of cuneiform clay tablets. It is said to be the oldest recorded literary work.
Author: David Ferry
Publisher: Picador USA
Published: 05/05/2026
Pages: 112
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.20lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.20w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9781250437594
About the Author
David Ferry (1924-2023) was a poet and translator. His translation of Gilgamesh was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in Poetry, and he was honored with the Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize, given by the Academy of American Poets; the Rebekah Johnson Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry, given by the Library of Congress; and an Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He translated, among other works, the Epistles of Horace, and both Virgil's Georgics and Eclogues. Ferry was the Sophie Chantal Hart Professor of English Emeritus at Wellesley College.
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