The Lamentation over the Destruction of Ur - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Lamentation over the Destruction of Ur write by Nili Samet. This book was released on 2014-03-31. The Lamentation over the Destruction of Ur available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The goal of this book is to present a revised edition of the Sumerian Lamentation over the Destruction of Ur, a lament bewailing the fall of the glorious Ur III kingdom in 2004 B.C.E. Lamentation is a well-known genre in world literature. Laments of various types are part of the cultural legacy and literary corpus of many societies, from ancient to modern times, and Sumerian literature is no exception. However, Mesopotamian lamentation literature includes a significant body of laments belonging to a unique and almost unparalleled genre—the genre of lamentations over the destruction of cities and temples. This genre has no known ancient parallel outside the ancient Near East; more specifically, it is almost exclusively attested in Sumerian and biblical literature. The Lamentation over the Destruction of Ur is the most famous and important exemplar of the city-laments. In this updated and revised publication of the Lamentation over the Destruction of Ur, Samet provides an introductory discussion of Sumerian city-laments in general; a full presentation of the text of the Ur Lament, including transliteration, translation, and an extensive philological commentary; and an accounting of the extant textual witness in score format. Plates with color photos of many texts are included.
The Lamentation Over the Destruction of Sumer and Ur
The Lamentation Over the Destruction of Sumer and Ur - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Lamentation Over the Destruction of Sumer and Ur write by Piotr Michalowski. This book was released on 1989. The Lamentation Over the Destruction of Sumer and Ur available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This work presents for the first time in its entirety the long Sumerian poem describing the destruction and suffering in Babylonia during the final days of the Third Dynasty of Ur. The text is both an important work of native historiography and a moving literary composition. The author's introduction places the work within the Sumerian literary tradition, and evaluates it as a historical source. Indexes and copies of unpublished texts are included.
Weapons of Words: Intertextual Competition in Babylonian Poetry
Weapons of Words: Intertextual Competition in Babylonian Poetry - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Weapons of Words: Intertextual Competition in Babylonian Poetry write by Selena Wisnom. This book was released on 2019-11-04. Weapons of Words: Intertextual Competition in Babylonian Poetry available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In Weapons of Words Selena Wisnom offers a literary study of three poems central to Babylonian culture: Anzû, Enūma eliš, and Erra and Išum, demonstrating how each uses sophisticated intertextual allusions to compete with its predecessors.
The Oxford Handbook of the Elegy
The Oxford Handbook of the Elegy - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Oxford Handbook of the Elegy write by Karen Weisman. This book was released on 2010-04-15. The Oxford Handbook of the Elegy available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The single most comprehensive study of elegy, this Handbook offers groundbreaking scholarship, historical breadth, and responds to recent exciting developments in elegy studies: the explosion in interest in elegies about AIDS, cancer, and war; the reconsideration of the role of women; and elegy's relation to ethics, philosophy, and theory.
The Fall of Cities in the Mediterranean
The Fall of Cities in the Mediterranean - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Fall of Cities in the Mediterranean write by Mary R. Bachvarova. This book was released on 2016-02-15. The Fall of Cities in the Mediterranean available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book explores some of the most prominent literary responses to the collective trauma of a fallen city.
