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Gilgamesh: A Verse Narrative
Contributor(s): Mason, Herbert (Author)

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ISBN: 0618275649     ISBN-13: 9780618275649
Publisher: HarperOne
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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: July 2003
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Annotation: Mason's translation is the most widely read of this classic tale of a hero-king and his doomed friend.
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BISAC Categories:
- Poetry | Ancient & Classical
- Poetry | American - General
- Poetry | Epic
Dewey: 811.54
LCCN: 2003050853
Age Level: 14-UP
Grade Level: 9-UP
Lexile Measure: 1090
Physical Information: 0.33" H x 6.38" W x 8.22" L (0.30 lbs) 128 pages
Features: Ikids, Price on Product, Table of Contents
Review Citations: School Library Journal 02/01/2006 pg. 62
 
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Publisher Description:
Herbert Mason's best-selling Gilgamesh is the most widely read and enduring interpretation of this ancient Babylonian epic. One of the oldest and most universal stories known in literature, the epic of Gilgamesh presents the grand, timeless themes of love and death, loss and reparations within the stirring tale of a hero-king and his doomed friend. A finalist for the National Book Award, Mason's retelling is at once a triumph of scholarship, a masterpiece of style, and a labor of love that grew out of the poet's long affinity with the original.

Contributor Bio(s): Mason, Herbert: - Herbert Mason is William Goodwin Aurelio professor of history and religious thought at Boston University. He lives in Phillipston, Massachusetts.
 
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