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