The epic of Gilgamesh
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Dixon, Kent H., 1941- translator.
Kick, Russell, writer of introduction.
Published
New York NY : Seven Stories Press, [2018].
Edition
Seven Stories Press first edition.
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xxiv, 195 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
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Northwest Reno Library - Adult Nonfiction741.5 DIXON 2018Checked OutApril 8, 2024

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Published
New York NY : Seven Stories Press, [2018].
Format
Book
Edition
Seven Stories Press first edition.
Language
English

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"The Epic of Gilgamesh is the Ur epic--the hero's journey, quest, and education--inscribed onto damp clay tablets several millennia before Odysseus or the priest of Ecclesiastes found their voices. Sumerian versions of the epic date back almost 5000 years. It is a Bildungsroman of a bad king learning to become a proper human being and therefore a wise king, and to do so, besides defeating lions and monsters and surviving great physical and emotional suffering, he must face, and answer, the first (and last) great question: mortality. Translated into English and presented here in its entirety as a graphic novel, this version of The Epic of Gilgamesh is a father/son project by scholar and translator Kent H. Dixon and his son, the comix artist Kevin Dixon, who bring a fresh take on this great work. The reader is slowed down by the artwork and visual jokes and the artist's wry hat-tippings to various masters (Crumb and Gilbert Shelton alongside Schultz and Capp, Popeye and Krazy Kat, Uderzo's Astérix and Hergé's Tintin), and then, once the reading pace has shifted into lower gear, having all these aspects complementarily drawn out, makes for an especially satisfying counterpoint to the low-key, the wise and cynical and morally sophisticated, and sometimes sublimely Olympian humor."--Page [4] of cover.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Dixon, K. H., Dixon, K. H., & Kick, R. (2018). The epic of Gilgamesh (Seven Stories Press first edition.). Seven Stories Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Dixon, Kevin H., Kent H. Dixon and Russell, Kick. 2018. The Epic of Gilgamesh. Seven Stories Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Dixon, Kevin H., Kent H. Dixon and Russell, Kick. The Epic of Gilgamesh Seven Stories Press, 2018.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Dixon, Kevin H.,, Kent H. Dixon, and Russell Kick. The Epic of Gilgamesh Seven Stories Press first edition., Seven Stories Press, 2018.

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