01565cam a2200337 i 4500 1261921730 TxAuBib 920710s1992||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 92071534 9780374162276 0374162271 (OCoLC)5764 DLC eng DLC ORL SLC BAKER BTCTA YDXCP CFI W2U PBE OCLCA HRH OCLCF TxAuBib rda Ferry, David, 1924-, author. Gilgamesh : a new rendering in English verse / David Ferry. First edition. New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1992. xi, 99 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Adaptation of English translations of: Gilgamesh. Includes bibliographical references. Introduction / by William L. Moran -- Gilgamesh -- Gilgamesh, Enkidu, and the Nether World. A new verse rendering of the great epic of ancient Mesopotamia, one of the oldest works in Western Literature. Ferry makes Gilgamesh available in the kind of energetic and readable translation that Robert Fitzgerald and Richard Lattimore have provided for readers in their translations of Homer and Virgil. Gilgamesh Adaptations. Epic poetry, Assyro-Babylonian Adaptations. Epic poetry, American. Erech (Extinct city) Kings and rulers Poetry. Gilgamesh English.