Gilgamesh: A New Rendering in English Verse

Posted on 20 March 2018 by David Ferry

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Please read and make a refission for you Download Gilgamesh: A New Rendering in English Verse Author David Ferry – kino-fada.fr Richard Poirier says in his blurb on the back of this book,The poetic splendor and sublimity of David Ferry s Gilgamesh is entirely of his own making, and his great poem is noindebted to earlier versions of its story than is anything of Shakespeare s to North s Plutarch.And maybe that s the right spirit in which to approach this version However, I found myself missing the grain of the original For example, the resonant opening phrase of the epic in Andrew George s translation is He who Richard Poirier says in his blurb on the back of this book,The poetic splendor and sublimity of David Ferry s Gilgamesh is entirely of his own making, and his great poem is noindebted to earlier versions of its story than is anything of Shakespeare s to North s Plutarch.And maybe that s the right spirit in which to approach this version However, I found myself missing the grain of the original For example, the resonant opening phrase of the epic in Andrew George s translation is He who saw the Deep. Ferry writes him who knew the most of all men know which simply sounds awkward Ferry also smoothes away many details from the opening tablet Compare the flavor of the creation of Enkidu, first in Ferry s iambic pentameter Aruru listened and heard an...This story is so beautifully powerful it amazes me every time I think of it that this is the oldest of humanity s stories It explores the exquisite joy of life, and the crippling fear of death But instead of focusing on riches, glory, and fame while those things are certainly sought, its lesson is that the joy of life is camaraderie and community, the love we give to and receive from others And instead of the hero defeating death, conquering the fate that took his most beloved friend, the This story is so beautifully powerful it amazes me every time I think of it that this is the oldest of humanity s stories It explores the exquisite joy of life, and the crippling fear of death But instead of focusing on riches, glory, and fame while those things are certainly sought, its lesson is that the joy of life is camaraderie and community, the love we give to and receive from others And instead of the hero defeating death, conquering the fate that took his most beloved friend, the lesson is a somber acceptance of heartbreak, loss, and defeat The Epic of Gilgamesh stares life straight in the eyes and doesn t...The emotion is raw The repetition is long, said Arav, the student of IAWailed Arav, the student of IA The emotion is raw, the repetition is longThis is basically an ancient fantasy book that repeats itself a lot and has some weird raunchy stuff mixed in there too And it s highly theologically inaccurate But it was interesting in it s own right, and now I can at least say that I ve read it.Not the version I would have chosen for reading Gilgamesh in its entirety for the first time generally preferring translations of the original rather than translations of translations but not half bad either.It s always good to go back to the deep, deep classics and get what feel they can give us for the long short depth of human history But that s not to say that Gilgamesh is a lot of fun particularly.The original bromance, Ancient Sumer style, and it s still setting the standard.Like many people my age or so I d like to think the first I ever heard of Gilgamesh was in the Batman The Animated Series episode where Bane makes his debut The secret prison science experiment that turned a ruthless, hardened, hyper intelligent convict into a ruthless, hardened, hyper intelligent supervillain by pumping untested chemicals straight into his brain was called Project Gilgamesh I was intrigued The original bromance, Ancient Sumer style, and it s still setting the standard.Like many people my age or so I d like to thi...I love David Ferry His Horace translations are amazing This is not a translation Ferry doesn t know Akkadian or Cuneiform but a reworking of several literal, scholarly translations into unrhyming iambic pentameter couplets.I read this because several people have recently told me that Gilgamesh rivals both the Hebrew Bible and Homer Gilgamesh is great, but it s not comparable to Homer or the Bible I don t think these people have really read any of the three they just ...This is an interesting tale for the modern reader Gilgamesh is the demi god king of Uruk, challenged by Enkidu, the hairy wild man created to be the challenger and equal of Gilgamesh They go on adventures, and are posed as threats to the gods themselves in true pagan fashion It is a quick read I read it in a littlethan an hour It is in the mold of Beowulf and I dare say Tolkien was inf...I recommend Gilgamesh to anyone who enjoys ancient literature and epic poetry, or who simply wants to experience reading a very old text Students of the bible and classical mythology will enjoy making comparisons with the the book of Genes...

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20 March 2018

David Ferry