02398nam 2200517 450 991046104460332120200520144314.01-78170-646-81-5261-0237-4(CKB)3710000000529321(EBL)4705028(MiAaPQ)EBC4705028(StDuBDS)EDZ0001190229(Au-PeEL)EBL4705028(CaPaEBR)ebr11274120(OCoLC)929814141(EXLCZ)99371000000052932120161012h20132013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierDiscovering Gilgamesh geology, narrative and the historical sublime in Victorian culture /Vybarr Cregan-ReidManchester, England ;New York, New York :Manchester University Press,2013.©20131 online resource (253 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-5261-0238-2 0-7190-9051-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 sublime5. Conclusion: Gilgamesh and the resublimation of deep timeSelect bibliography; IndexDetails the discovery of The epic of Gilgamesh, and explores the broader tensions concerning history and time that it highlighted in Victorian cultureEpic poetry, Assyro-BabylonianHistory and criticismElectronic books.Epic poetry, Assyro-BabylonianHistory and criticism.892.1Cregan-Reid Vybarr789637MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910461044603321Discovering Gilgamesh2015525UNINA