1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910461044603321

Autore

Cregan-Reid Vybarr

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester, England ; ; New York, New York : , : Manchester University Press, , 2013

©2013

ISBN

1-78170-646-8

1-5261-0237-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (253 p.)

Disciplina

892.1

Soggetti

Epic poetry, Assyro-Babylonian - History and criticism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

Details the discovery of The epic of Gilgamesh, and explores the broader tensions concerning history and time that it highlighted in Victorian culture



2.

Record Nr.

UNIORUON00224921

Autore

KUPISZEWSKI, Wladyslaw

Titolo

Jezyk dziennikow Stefana Zeromskiego / Wladyslaw Kupiszewski

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Warszawa ; krakow, : Panstwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe ; Kieleckie Towarzystwo Naukowe, 1990

ISBN

83-01-09689-6

Descrizione fisica

184 p. ; 20 cm.

Disciplina

891.85

Soggetti

ZEROMSKI STEFAN

Lingua di pubblicazione

Polacco

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia