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Author Cregan-Reid, Vybarr, author.

Title Discovering Gilgamesh : geology, narrative and the historical sublime in Victorian culture / Vybarr Cregan-Reid.

Publication Info. Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2015.

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 238 pages) : illustrations (black and white)
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Series JSTOR EBA.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary In 1872, a young archaeologist at the British Museum made a tremendous discovery. While he was working his way through a Mesopotamian 'slush pile', George Smith, a self-taught expert in ancient languages, happened upon a Babylonian version of Noah's Flood. His research suggested this 'Deluge Tablet' pre-dated the writing of Genesis by a millennium or more. Smith went on to translate what later became 'The Epic of Gilgamesh', perhaps the oldest and most complete work of literature from any culture. Against the backdrop of innovative readings of a range of paintings, novels, histories and photographs, this work demonstrates the Gordian complexity of the Victorians' relationship with history, while also seeking to highlight the Epic's role in influencing models of time in late-Victorian geology.
Contents DISCOVERING GILGAMESH: GEOLOGY, NARRATIVE AND THE HISTORICAL SUBLIME IN VICTORIAN CULTURE; Half Title Page; Title Page ; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of figures; Acknowledgements; Part I: Gilgamesh; Introduction; 1. Discovering Gilgamesh; Part II: Narrative and the historical sublime; 2. Capturing time: the iconography of water in painting and photography; 3. Forgetting the past and the future: Macaulay, Carlyle, and the 'shoreless chaos' of history; 4. Present endings: rethinking closure in the Victorian novel; Part III: Geology, Gilgamesh, and the historical sublime.
5. Conclusion: Gilgamesh and the resublimation of deep timeSelect bibliography; Index.
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Subject Smith, George, 1840-1876.
Smith, George, 1840-1876.
Gilgamesh.
Gilgamesh.
Gilgamesh.
Epic poetry, Assyro-Babylonian -- History and criticism.
Epic poetry, Assyro-Babylonian.
Literature and society -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
Literature and society.
Great Britain.
History.
Chronological Term 19th century
Subject Archaeology and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
Archaeology and literature.
Religion and science -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
Religion and science.
Chronological Term 1800-1899
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Added Title University press scholarship online.
Other Form: Print version: Cregan-Reid, Vybarr. Discovering Gilgamesh. Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2015 9780719090516 0719090512 (OCoLC)849209068
ISBN 9781781706466 (electronic book)
1781706468 (electronic book)
9781526102379 (electronic book)
1526102374 (electronic book)
9780719090516
0719090512