Gilgamesh: A Verse Narrative Contributor(s): Mason, Herbert (Author) |
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ISBN: 0618275649 ISBN-13: 9780618275649 Publisher: HarperOne
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: July 2003 Annotation: Mason's translation is the most widely read of this classic tale of a hero-king and his doomed friend. |
Additional Information |
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 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
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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