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The Buried Book: The Loss and Rediscovery of the Great Epic of Gilgamesh
Contributor(s): Damrosch, David (Author)
ISBN: 0805087257     ISBN-13: 9780805087253
Publisher: Holt McDougal
OUR PRICE:   $21.59  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: September 2000
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Annotation: 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.
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BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | Ancient And Classical
Dewey: 809.933
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.95 lbs) 336 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
- Cultural Region - Middle East
 
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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.


Contributor Bio(s): Damrosch, David: - 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.