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Cregan-Reid Vybarr |
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Discovering Gilgamesh : geology, narrative and the historical sublime in Victorian culture / / Vybarr Cregan-Reid |
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Manchester, England ; ; New York, New York : , : Manchester University Press, , 2013 |
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©2013 |
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ISBN |
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1-78170-646-8 |
1-5261-0237-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (253 p.) |
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Soggetti |
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Epic poetry, Assyro-Babylonian - History and criticism |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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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Sommario/riassunto |
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Details the discovery of The epic of Gilgamesh, and explores the broader tensions concerning history and time that it highlighted in Victorian culture |
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