Reading Sumerian Poetry: Samuel Johnson and David Hume

by Jeremy Black and Jeremy A. Black

An international authority on Sumerian culture, Jeremy Black here provides an introduction to the world's oldest poetry. Sumer, in southern Iraq, was the first literate culture in civilization, dating as far back as 2500 b.c. Its literature, which is made up almost entirely of poetry, was lost for nearly two millennia; rediscovery and decipherment of the ancient texts began in the nineteenth century.Black is fully aware of the difficulties of applying...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801435986
• ISBN13: 9780801435980
• Release Date: December 1998
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.5"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher