03093nam 2200709 450 991082663260332120191212141805.01-78170-646-81-5261-0237-4(CKB)3710000000529321(EBL)4705028(MiAaPQ)EBC4705028(StDuBDS)EDZ0001190229(Au-PeEL)EBL4705028(CaPaEBR)ebr11274120(OCoLC)929814141(UkMaJRU)992979819723201631(DE-B1597)659738(DE-B1597)9781526102379(EXLCZ)99371000000052932120191212h20152013 |y| 0engur||#---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierDiscovering Gilgamesh geology, narrative and the historical sublime in Victorian culture /Vybarr Cregan-ReidManchester, UK :Manchester University Press,2015.©20131 online resource ( xii, 238 pages) illustrations; digital file(s)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 cultureAssyro-Babylonian poetryHistory and criticismLiterature and societyGreat BritainHistory19th centuryLiteraturemupSocial & Cultural HistorybicsscHISTORY / Social HistorybisachLiterary studies: c 1800 to c 1900themaGeorge Smith.Gilgamesh.Victorian geology.narrative.sublime.time.Assyro-Babylonian poetryHistory and criticism.Literature and societyHistoryLiteratureSocial & Cultural HistoryHISTORY / Social HistoryLiterary studies: c 1800 to c 1900892.1Cregan-Reid Vybarr.789637UkMaJRUBOOK9910826632603321Discovering Gilgamesh4121845UNINA