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Discovering Gilgamesh - Geology, Narrative and the Historical Sublime in Victorian Culture (Hardcover) Loot Price: R2,253
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Discovering Gilgamesh - Geology, Narrative and the Historical Sublime in Victorian Culture (Hardcover): Vybarr Cregan-Reid

Discovering Gilgamesh - Geology, Narrative and the Historical Sublime in Victorian Culture (Hardcover)

Vybarr Cregan-Reid

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Loot Price R2,253 Discovery Miles 22 530 | Repayment Terms: R211 pm x 12*

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In 1872, a young archaeologist at the British Museum made a tremendous discovery. While he was working his way through a Mesopotamian 'slush pile', George Smith, a self-taught expert in ancient languages, happened upon a Babylonian version of Noah's Flood. His research suggested this 'Deluge Tablet' pre-dated the writing of Genesis by a millennium or more. Smith went on to translate what later became The Epic of Gilgamesh, perhaps the oldest and most complete work of literature from any culture. Against the backdrop of innovative readings of a range of paintings, novels, histories and photographs (by figures like Dickens, Eliot, James, Dyce, Turner, Macaulay and Carlyle), this book demonstrates the Gordian complexity of the Victorians' relationship with history, while also seeking to highlight the Epic's role in influencing models of time in late-Victorian geology. Discovering Gilgamesh will be of interest to readers, students and researchers in literary studies, Victorian studies, history, intellectual history, art history and archaeology. -- .

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Imprint: Manchester University Press
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: October 2013
First published: October 2013
Authors: Vybarr Cregan-Reid
Dimensions: 240 x 170 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover - Cloth over boards / With dust jacket
Pages: 256
ISBN-13: 978-0-7190-9051-6
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > 19th century
LSN: 0-7190-9051-2
Barcode: 9780719090516

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