Ancient Epic Tales From Around The World
Download Ancient Epic Tales From Around The World full books in PDF, epub, and Kindle. Read online free Ancient Epic Tales From Around The World ebook anywhere anytime directly on your device. Fast Download speed and no annoying ads. We cannot guarantee that every ebooks is available!
Author | : |
Publisher | : August House Publishers |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2016 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781941460351 |
Collects famous tales from folklore around the world, including such epics as "Beowulf," "Gilgamesh," and the "Odyssey."
Author | : Theodore Ziolkowski |
Publisher | : Cornell University Press |
Total Pages | : 245 |
Release | : 2011-12-15 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 0801463424 |
The world's oldest work of literature, the Epic of Gilgamesh recounts the adventures of the semimythical Sumerian king of Uruk and his ultimately futile quest for immortality after the death of his friend and companion, Enkidu, a wildman sent by the gods. Gilgamesh was deified by the Sumerians around 2500 BCE, and his tale as we know it today was codified in cuneiform tablets around 1750 BCE and continued to influence ancient cultures—whether in specific incidents like a world-consuming flood or in its quest structure—into Roman times. The epic was, however, largely forgotten, until the cuneiform tablets were rediscovered in 1872 in the British Museum's collection of recently unearthed Mesopotamian artifacts. In the decades that followed its translation into modern languages, the Epic of Gilgamesh has become a point of reference throughout Western culture. In Gilgamesh among Us, Theodore Ziolkowski explores the surprising legacy of the poem and its hero, as well as the epic’s continuing influence in modern letters and arts. This influence extends from Carl Gustav Jung and Rainer Maria Rilke's early embrace of the epic's significance—"Gilgamesh is tremendous!" Rilke wrote to his publisher's wife after reading it—to its appropriation since World War II in contexts as disparate as operas and paintings, the poetry of Charles Olson and Louis Zukofsky, novels by John Gardner and Philip Roth, and episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation and Xena: Warrior Princess. Ziolkowski sees fascination with Gilgamesh as a reflection of eternal spiritual values—love, friendship, courage, and the fear and acceptance of death. Noted writers, musicians, and artists from Sweden to Spain, from the United States to Australia, have adapted the story in ways that meet the social and artistic trends of the times. The spirit of this capacious hero has absorbed the losses felt in the immediate postwar period and been infused with the excitement and optimism of movements for gay rights, feminism, and environmental consciousness. Gilgamesh is at once a seismograph of shifts in Western history and culture and a testament to the verities and values of the ancient epic.
Author | : David West |
Publisher | : Ten of the Best: Myths, Legend |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2014-09-26 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780778708261 |
Contains adaptations of ten stories about gods and goddesses.
Author | : Rebecca Rowell |
Publisher | : ABDO |
Total Pages | : 115 |
Release | : 2015-01-01 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1629693022 |
The legacy of past civilizations is still with us today. In Ancient India, readers discover the history and impressive accomplishments of the people of ancient India, including their enduring religions and rich literary traditions. Engaging text provides details on the civilization's history, development, daily life, culture, art, technology, warfare, social organization, and more. Well-chosen maps and images of artifacts bring the past to life. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
Author | : Cathy Spagnoli |
Publisher | : august house |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780874835267 |
More than 30 stories from the rich Asian cultural panorama illuminate the wisdom and humor of Eastern cultures. In her search for stories, Cathy Spagnoli has slid through Indian rice fields, sipped sake with Japanese epic singers, met with monks in Thailand and Korea, and hiked the Himalayas with Tibetan dancers.
Author | : John Heffernan |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2016-05-14 |
Genre | : Brothers |
ISBN | : 9780994234049 |
Lively and exciting retelling by popular author John Heffernan of two tales from the ancient Mesopotamian Epic of Gilgamesh, illustrated in striking sumptuous style by new illustrator Kate Durack.
Author | : John Miles Foley |
Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | : 706 |
Release | : 2008-11-03 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1405188383 |
A Companion to Ancient Epic presents for the first time a comprehensive, up-to-date overview of ancient Near Eastern, Greek and Roman epic. It offers a multi-disciplinary discussion of both longstanding ideas and newer perspectives. A Companion to the Near Eastern, Greek, and Roman epic traditions Considers the interrelation between these different traditions Provides a balanced overview of longstanding ideas and newer perspectives in the study of epic Shows how scholarship over the last forty years has transformed the ways that we conceive of and understand the genre Covers recently introduced topics, such as the role of women, the history of reception, and comparison with living analogues from oral tradition The editor and contributors are leading scholars in the field Includes a detailed index of poems, poets, technical terms, and important figures and events
Author | : Carmella Van Vleet |
Publisher | : Build It Yourself |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9781936313730 |
Introduces the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World as known to the ancient Greeks, and a multicultural list of seven additional wonders--from Petra, Jordan, to Rio de Janeiro's statue of Christ--and suggests related projects and experiments.
Author | : |
Publisher | : DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley) |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Folklore |
ISBN | : 9780756622237 |
A collection of myths from many cultures.
Author | : San Diego Museum of Art |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2016 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 9780300223729 |
Indian Painting and the Art of Storytelling / Marika Sardar -- Incarnations of the Bhagavata / Neeraja Poddar -- The Ramayana and Other Tales of Rama / Marika Sardar -- Stories of Music, Love, and the Seasons: Ragamala Paintings / Marika Sardar -- Persian-Language Literature in India / Qamar Adamjee -- The Shahmana in India / Alka Patel