Longman Anthology of World Literature, Volume A, The: The Ancient World
by Damrosch, David; Alliston, April; Brown, Marshall; duBois, Page; Hafez, Sabry; Heise, Ursula K.; Kadir, Djelal; Pike, David L.; Pollock, Sheldon; Robbins, Bruce; Shirane, Haruo; Tylus, Jane; Yu, PaulineFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2004-01-01
Publisher(s): Longman
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Summary
The Longman Anthology of World Literature, Volume Aoffers a fresh presentation of the varieties of world literature from the ancient world.The editors of the anthology have sought to find economical ways to place texts within their cultural contexts, and have selected and grouped materials in ways intended to foster connections and conversations across the anthology, between eras as well as regions. The anthology includes epic, lyric poetry, drama, and prose narrative, with many works in their entirety. Classic major authors are presented together with more recently recovered voices as the editors seek to suggest something of the full literary dialogue of each region and period. Engaging introductions, scholarly annotations, regional maps, pronunciation guides, and illustrations will provide a supportive editorial setting.For anyone interested in world literature.
Table of Contents
| Volume A | |
| Cross-currents: Creation Myths and Social Realities | |
| The Babylonian Theogony | |
| A Memphite Theology | |
| The Pyramid Texts of Unas (Egypt, c. 2300 B.C.E.), tr | |
| From Utterance 217: The King Joins the Sun-god | |
| Utterances 273-274: The King Feeds on the Gods | |
| Utterance 309: The King Serves the Sun-god | |
| The Rig Veda | |
| Hymn of Creation | |
| Hymn of Man | |
| Hymn to the Dawn | |
| Resonance | |
| From Agganna Sutta (Buddhist counter-creation) | |
| The Great Hymn to the Aten (Egypt, 14th century B.C.E.) | |
| The Babylonian Creation Epic (c. 1200 B.C.E.) | |
| Birth of the Gods. Conflict Begins | |
| Who will face Tiamat? | |
| The Gods Commission Marduk | |
| Marduk and Tiamat at War | |
| Victory Celebration. Founding of Babylon | |
| Creation of Humanity | |
| Hesiod, from Theogony | |
| Genesis (Israel, c. 900 B.C.E.) | |
| The Ancient Near East | |
| Poetry of Love and Devotion | |
| Last night, as I, the queen, was shining bright (Sumer, c. late 3rd millennium B.C.E.) | |
| Egyptian Love Songs (2nd millennium B.C.E.) | |
| The Song of Songs, Jerusalem Bible tr. | |
| The Epic of Gilgamesh | |
| Perspectives: Death and Immortality | |
| The Descent of Ishtar to the Underworld (Babylon, 2nd millennium) | |
| From The Book of the Dead (Egypt, 2nd millennium) | |
| Letters to the Dead | |
| Kabti-Ilani-Marduk, from The Erra Epic (Babylon, c. 8th century B.C.E.) | |
| The Book of Job (Israel, c. 900 B.C.E.), Revised Standard Version | |
| Resonances | |
| From The Babylonian Theodicy | |
| Psalm 22 (My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?) | |
| Psalm 102 (Hear my prayer, O Lord; let my cry come unto thee!) | |
| Perspectives: Strangers in a Strange Land | |
| The Story of Sinuhe (Egypt, c. 1925 B.C.E.) | |
| The Two Brothers (Egypt, c. 1200 B.C.E.) | |
| The Joseph Story (Israel, 1st millennium B.C.E.), New International Version | |
| Genesis 35-50: The Joseph Story | |
| The Book of Ruth (Israel, c. 6th century B.C.E.), New International Version. Classical Greece | |
| Homer | |
| From The Iliad | |
| Resonances: Oral Composition | |
| Filip Visnjic: The Death of Kraljevic Marko | |
| From Sirat Bani Hilal | |
| Homer | |
| The Odyssey | |
| Resonances | |
| Franz Kafka: The Silence of the Sirens | |
| George Seferis: Upon a Foreign Verse | |
| Derek Walcott: From Omeros | |
| Arkhilokhos, tr. M. L. West | |
| Encounter in a Meadow | |
| The Fox and the Hedgehog | |
| Elegies | |
| Sappho, tr. M. L. West | |
| Rich-throned immortal Aphrodite | |
| Come, goddess | |
| Some think a fleet | |
| He looks to me to be in heaven | |
| Love shakes my heart | |
| Honestly, I wish I were dead | |
| She worshipped you | |
| Like a sweet-apple | |
| The doorman's feet | |
| Resonances | |
| H.D.: from The Wise Sappho | |
| Alejandra Pizarnik: Poem, Lovers, Recognition, Meaning of His Absence, Dawn, Falling | |
| Alkaios, tr. M. L. West | |
| And fluttered Argive Hel | |
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