Details
PUBLISHED
[United States] : Carcanet Press Ltd., 2019
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Made available through hoopla
DESCRIPTION
1 online resource (136 pages)
ISBN/ISSN
9781784106157 MWT12405482, 1784106151 12405482
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Jenny Lewis relocates Gilgamesh to its earlier, oral roots in a Sumerian society where men and women were more equal, the reigning deity of Gilgamesh's city, Uruk, was female (Inanna), only women were allowed to brew beer and keep taverns and women had their own language-emesal. With this shift of emphasis, Lewis captures the powerful allure of the world's oldest poem and gives it a fresh dynamic while creating a fast-paced narrative for a new generation of readers
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