The Play of Gilgamesh

by Edwin Morgan

Edwin Morgans verse play translation of the Sumerian epic of Gilgamesh brings an ancient story to life in a supple, vigorous idiom that moves easily between ritual, comedy and moments of intense beauty. Here a god-king, a great city builder, learns the timeless truth that the only immortality lies in what will be remembered and recorded of his actions. Gilgameshs quest takes him, and the audience, on a journey through a world that is both mythic and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1857548418
• ISBN13: 9781857548419
• Release Date: December 2005
• Publisher: Carcanet Press
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.3"