Gilgamesh: A Verse Narrative

by Herbert Mason

Overview

The most widely read and enduring interpretation of the classic 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, Herbert 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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780618275649
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	07/08/2003
Series:	Edition 001 Series
Edition description:	First Mariner Books Edition
Pages:	128
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.25(h) x 0.34(d)
Lexile:	1090L (what's this?)
Age Range:	14 - 18 Years

About the Author

Herbert Mason is William Goodwin Aurelio professor of history and religious thought at Boston University. He lives in Phillipston, Massachusetts.

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CHAPTER 1

GILGAMESH

A VERSE NARRATIVE

It is an old story But one that can still be told About a man who loved And lost a friend to death And learned he lacked the power To bring him back to life.

(Continues…)

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Table of Contents

Title Page,
Table of Contents,
Copyright,
GILGAMESH,
I,
II,
III,
IV,
Names and Places Appearing in the Narrative,
About the Gilgamesh,
An Autobiographical Postscript,
Gilgamesh: An Afterword by John H. Marks,
Notes to Afterword,
Afterword to the Mariner Edition,
About the Author,
Footnotes,