1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910793419403321

Autore

Grossman James R.

Titolo

A chance to make good : African Americans, 1900-1929 / / by James R. Grossman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York ; ; Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , [1997]

©1997

ISBN

0-19-028225-8

0-19-976249-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (157 pages) : illustrations

Collana

The young Oxford history of African Americans ; ; Volume 7

Disciplina

973.0496073

Soggetti

African Americans - History - 1877-1964

United States History 1901-1953 Juvenile literature

United States History 1901-1953

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-155) and index.

Sommario/riassunto

Chronicles the lives of African Americans from the turn of the twentieth century to the Great Depression.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910963434403321

Autore

Samet Nili

Titolo

The Lamentation over the Destruction of Ur / Nili Samet

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Winona Lake, Ind. : , : Eisenbrauns, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

9781575068831

1575068834

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (301 p.)

Collana

Mesopotamian Civilizations ; ; 18

Disciplina

899/.95

Soggetti

Sumerian language

Elegiac poetry, Sumerian

Texts.

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.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Introduction""; ""1.1.�Sumerian Laments over Cities and Temples""; ""1.2.�Sumerian City Laments""; ""1.2.1.�Dating and Historical Background""; ""1.2.2.�The Cultic Setting of the City Laments""; ""1.2.3.�The City Laments as a Genre""; ""1.3.�The Lamentation over the Destruction of Ur""; ""1.3.1.�Content""; ""1.3.2.�Structure, Style, and Meaning""; ""Revised Edition of the Ur Lament""; ""2.1.�Previous Editions and Translations""; ""2.2.�The Present Edition""; ""2.3.�List of Manuscripts""

""2.3.1.�Indexes of Previous Works""""2.4.�Descriptions of Manuscripts""; ""2.4.1.�Manuscripts from Nippur""; ""2.4.2.�Manuscripts from Ur""; ""2.4.3.�Manuscripts from Kiš""; ""2.4.4.�A Manuscript from Sippar""; ""2.4.5.�Manuscripts of Unknown Provenance""; ""Transliteration and Translation""; ""Commentary""; ""Score""; ""Bibliography""; ""Plates""

Sommario/riassunto

The goal of this book is to present a revised edition of the Sumerian Lamentation over the Destruction of Ur, a lament bewailing the fall of the glorious Ur III kingdom in 2004 B.C.E.Lamentation is a well-known genre in world literature. Laments of various types are part of the cultural legacy and literary corpus of many societies, from ancient to



modern times, and Sumerian literature is no exception. However, Mesopotamian lamentation literature includes a significant body of laments belonging to a unique and almost unparalleled genre—the genre of lamentations over the destruction of cities and temples. This genre has no known ancient parallel outside the ancient Near East; more specifically, it is almost exclusively attested in Sumerian and biblical literature. The Lamentation over the Destruction of Ur is the most famous and important exemplar of the city-laments.In this updated and revised publication of the Lamentation over the Destruction of Ur, Samet provides an introductory discussion of Sumerian city-laments in general; a full presentation of the text of the Ur Lament, including transliteration, translation, and an extensive philological commentary; and an accounting of the extant textual witness in score format. Plates with color photos of many texts are included.