عنوان

Gilgamesh among us :

شابک

0801463416

شابک

9780801463419

شابک اشتباه

0801450357

شابک اشتباه

9780801450358

عنوان اصلي

Gilgamesh among us :

نام عام مواد

[Book]

ساير اطلاعات عنواني

modern encounters with the ancient epic /

نام نخستين پديدآور

Theodore Ziolkowski.

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Ithaca :

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Cornell University Press,

تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره

2011.

نام خاص و کميت اثر

1 online resource

متن يادداشت

Includes bibliographical references and index.

متن يادداشت

Initial reception (1884-1935) -- Representative beginnings (1941-1958) -- Popularization of Gilgamesh (1959-1978) -- Contemporization of Gilgamesh (1979-1999) -- Gilgamesh in the twenty-first century (200-2009).

بدون عنوان

0

متن يادداشت

The world's oldest work of literature, the Epic of Gilgamesh recounts the adventures of the semimythical Sumerian king of Uruk and his ultimately futile quest for immortality after the death of his friend and companion, Enkidu, a wildman sent by the gods. Gilgamesh was deified by the Sumerians around 2500 BCE, and his tale as we know it today was codified in cuneiform tablets around 1750 BCE and continued to influence ancient cultures-whether in specific incidents like a world-consuming flood or in its quest structure-into Roman times. The epic was, however, largely forgotten, until the cuneiform tablets were rediscovered in 1872 in the British Museum's collection of recently unearthed Mesopotamian artifacts. In the decades that followed its translation into modern languages, the Epic of Gilgamesh has become a point of reference throughout Western culture. In Gilgamesh among Us, Theodore Ziolkowski explores the surprising legacy of the poem and its hero, as well as the epic's continuing influence in modern letters and arts. This influence extends from Carl Gustav Jung and Rainer Maria Rilke's early embrace of the epic's significance-"Gilgamesh is tremendous!" Rilke wrote to his publisher's wife after reading it-to its appropriation since World War II in contexts as disparate as operas and paintings, the poetry of Charles Olson and Louis Zukofsky, novels by John Gardner and Philip Roth, and episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation and Xena: Warrior Princess. Ziolkowski sees fascination with Gilgamesh as a reflection of eternal spiritual values-love, friendship, courage, and the fear and acceptance of death. Noted writers, musicians, and artists from Sweden to Spain, from the United States to Australia, have adapted the story in ways that meet the social and artistic trends of the times. The spirit of this capacious hero has absorbed the losses felt in the immediate postwar period and been infused with the excitement and optimism of movements for gay rights, feminism, and environmental consciousness. Gilgamesh is at once a seismograph of shifts in Western history and culture and a testament to the verities and values of the ancient epic.

منبع سفارش / آدرس اشتراک

JSTOR

شماره انبار

22573/ctt4r2xk

عنوان

Gilgamesh among us.

موضوع مستند نشده

Gilgamesh

موضوع مستند نشده

Gilgamesh-- Influence.

موضوع مستند نشده

Gilgamesh.

موضوع مستند نشده

Gilgamesh.

موضوع مستند نشده

Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)

موضوع مستند نشده

LITERARY CRITICISM-- African.

موضوع مستند نشده

LITERARY CRITICISM-- Ancient & Classical.

موضوع مستند نشده

LIT-- 004010

موضوع مستند نشده

LIT004190

شماره

ويراست

شماره رده

نشانه اثر

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Ziolkowski, Theodore.

تاريخ عمليات

20200822130744.0

قواعد فهرست نويسي ( بخش توصيفي )

pn

نام الکترونيکي

نوع ماده

[Book]

تكميل شده

Y