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| #396252 in Books | 1985-08-12 | 1985-08-12 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 8.00 x.60 x5.20l,.53 | File type: PDF | 320 pages||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| For me it was a great history lesson|By Ray|I wanted a thoughtful presentation of this ancient story and; not just a prose story just listing a series of events, sequenced, with the missing portions filled in by narrator's assuming subjective fillers. These authors presented translations of the available sources (tablets) and thought out reasoning for the interpretations of th||"[Gilgamesh] has never been better served than in this new translation...Maier's contribution is the meticulous scholarship that envelopes the book...John Gardner's contribution...is the translation itself: lyrical, sinewy, emotionally uncompromising and rhyth
The story of Gilgamesh, an ancient epic poem written on clay tablets in a cuneiform alphabet, is as fascinating and moving as it is crucial to our ability to fathom the time and the place in which it was written. Gardner's version restores the poetry of the text and the lyricism that is lost in the earlier, almost scientific renderings. The principal theme of the poem is a familiar one: man's persistent and hopeless quest for immortality. It tells of the heroic exploits ...
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