The Epic of Gilgamesh

The Epic of Gilgamesh

The most complete Gilgamesh in translation--including the new discoveries from tablet V.

THE EPIC OF GILGAMESHÂ is theÂ UrÂ epic--the hero's journey, quest, and education--inscribed onto damp clay tablets several millennia before Odysseus or the priest of Ecclesiastes found their voices. Sumerian versions of the epic date back almost 5000 years. It is a Bildungsroman of a bad king learning to become a proper human being and therefore a wise king, and to do so, besides defeating lions and monsters and surviving great physical and emotional suffering, he must face, and answer, the first (and last) great question: mortality.

Translated into English and presented here in its entirety as a graphic novel, this version ofÂ THE EPIC OF GILGAMESHÂ is a father/son project by scholar and translator Kent H. Dixon and his son, the comix artist Kevin Dixon, who bring a fresh take on this great work. The reader is slowed down by the artwork and visual jokes and the artist's wry hat-tippings to various masters (Crumb and Gilbert Shelton alongside Schultz and Capp,Â PopeyeÂ andÂ Krazy Kat, Uderzo'sÂ AstÃ©rixÂ and HergÃ©'sÂ Tintin), and then, once the reading pace has shifted into lower gear, having all these aspects complementarily drawn out, makes for an especially satisfying counterpoint to the low-key, the wise and cynical and morally sophisticated, and sometimes sublimely Olympian humor.
Country USA
Brand Seven Stories Press
Manufacturer Seven Stories Press
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9781609807931
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 2018-06-05
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781609807931

Country	USA
Brand	Seven Stories Press
Manufacturer	Seven Stories Press
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9781609807931
Color	Multicolor
ReleaseDate	2018-06-05
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781609807931

The Epic of Gilgamesh

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