The epic of Gilgamesh : a new translation, analogues, criticism / translated and edited by Benjamin R. Foster. The Sumerian Gilgamesh poems / translated by Douglas Frayne. The Hittite Gilgamesh / translated by Gary Beckman.
An English-language rendering of the world's oldest epic follows the journey of conquest and self-discovery by the king of Uruk, in an edition that includes an introduction that places the story in its historical and cultural context.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (page 229).
Contents
The text of the Epic of Gilgamesh -- Analogues to the Epic of Gilgamesh. The Sumerian Gilgamesh poems ; The Hittite Gilgamesh ; The Gilgamesh letter -- Criticism. The Gilgamesh epic : a masterpiece from Ancient Mesopotamia / William Moran ; "And death the journey's end" : the Gilgamesh epic / Thorkild Jacobsen ; Images of women in the Gilgamesh epic / Rivkah Harris -- Gilgamesh remembers a dream / Hillary Major -- Glossary of proper names.
