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Reading Sumerian Poetry : A Study of the Oldest Literature, Hardback Book

Reading Sumerian Poetry : A Study of the Oldest Literature Hardback

Part of the Athlone Publications in Egyptology & Ancient Near Eastern Studies series

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An analysis of the oldest form of poetry. Sumer, in the southern part of Iraq, created the first literary culture in history, as early as 2500BC.

The account is structured around a complete English translation of the fragmentary Lugalbanda poems, narrating the adventures of the eponymous hero.

The study reveals a work of a rich and sophisticated poetic imagination and technique, which, far from being in any sense 'primitive', are so complex as to resist much modern literary analysis.

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