| Description |
1 online resource (368 p.) |
| Series |
Cuneiform Monographs ; v.54 |
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Cuneiform Monographs
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| Contents |
Intro -- Table of Contents -- Figures and Tables -- Notes on Contributors -- Chapter 1. Introduction: Narratology and Cuneiform Cultures (Helle and Konstantopoulos) -- Part 1. Stitching a Story -- Chapter 2. Recurrent Structures in the Sumerian Gilgamesh Cycle (Gadotti) -- Chapter 3. Transition and Cohesion in the Tale of Zalpa (Marineau) -- Chapter 4. Unreliable Foreshadowing in Divine Predictions (Pryke) -- Part 2. Medium and Emotion -- Chapter 5. Tablets as Narrative Episodes in Babylonian Poetry (Helle) -- Chapter 6. Dynamics of Repetition in Akkadian Literature (Wisnom) |
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Chapter 7. Charting Emotional Structure in Cuneiform Literature (Konstantopoulos) -- Chapter 8. Representing Time in the Kiutu Incantation-Prayers (Baragli) -- Part 3. The Shape of the Past -- Chapter 9. Historical Explanation in the Babylonian Chronicles (Dewar) -- Chapter 10. The "Prehistory" of the Sumerian King List and Its Narrative Residue (Gabriel) -- Chapter 11. Blank Space: Akkadian Metapoetics in the Bel-etir Narrative (Sansone) -- Part 4. Excavating Narratives -- Chapter 12. In Search Of Dumuzi: An Introduction to Hylistic Narratology (Zgoll, Cuperly and Cöster-Gilbert) |
| Summary |
The volume provides a methodological toolbox for the study of cuneiform narratives--including literary, historical, and religious texts from the ancient Near East--with each chapter illustrating a different approach to narrative analysis through a series of compelling case studies |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
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Index |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Helle, Sophus
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| ISBN |
9789004539761 |
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900453976X |
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