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

• Autore: Cregan-Reid Vybarr
• Pubblicazione: Manchester, UK : , : Manchester University Press, , 2015; ©2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource ( xii, 238 pages) : illustrations; digital file(s)
• Disciplina: 892.1
• Soggetto topico: Assyro-Babylonian poetry - History and criticism; Literature and society - Great Britain - History - 19th century; Literature; Social & Cultural History; HISTORY / Social History; Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900
• Soggetto non controllato: George Smith; Gilgamesh; Victorian geology; narrative; sublime; time
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Discovering Gilgamesh
• ISBN: 1-78170-646-8; 1-5261-0237-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910826632603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II