Ancient Egyptian literature [[electronic resource] ] : an anthology / / translated by John L. Foster

• Pubblicazione: Austin, TX, : University of Texas Press, 2001
• Edizione: lst ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xxiii, 272 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 893/.108
• Soggetto topico: Egyptian literature
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: FosterJohn L <1930-> (John Lawrence)
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-272).
• Nota di contenuto: Akhenaten's hymn to the sun -- The tale of the shipwrecked sailor -- Why, just now, must you question your heart -- I love you through the daytimes -- My love is one and only -- Love, how I'd love to slip down to the pond -- Love of you is mixed deep in my vitals -- I think I'll go home and lie very still -- Songs of the birdcatcher's daughter -- The instruction for little Pepi on his way to school -- Longing for Memphis -- Oh, I'm bound downstream on the Memphis Ferry -- Rebuke addressed to a dissipated scribe -- Menna's lament -- The debate between a man tired of life and his soul -- The resurrection of King Unis -- Prayer to the king to rise up -- Hymn to the king as a primordial god -- Hymn to the king as a flash of lightning -- Prayer of the king as a star fading in the dawn -- The prophecy of Neferty -- The testament of Amenemhat -- Two spells -- Spell for causing the beloved to follow after -- Power from the four winds of Heaven -- The greatness of the king -- Prayer of King Ramesses II -- For a portrait of the queen -- Hymn to Osiris -- Hymn to the Nile -- Hymn to the rising sun -- In praise of Amun -- Lament to Amun -- The tale of Sinuhe -- From 'The Leiden hymns' -- The prayers of Pahery -- From the tomb of King Intef -- The harper's song for Inherkhawy -- From 'The eloquent peasant' -- The peasant's eighth complaint -- From 'The maxims of Ptahhotep' -- The Instruction for Merikarê -- The wisdom of Amenemopet -- Epilogue: the immortality of writers -- List of hieroglyphic passages -- Sources of the texts.
• Titolo autorizzato: Ancient Egyptian literature
• ISBN: 0-292-79813-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910450094903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II