MESOPOTAMIAN
LITERATURE
Topical index
Preface
Overview
Authorship
Conclusion
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I. T
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RGUMENT
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The core
Themes
Monographs
History of discipline
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II. T
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ECORD
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Bibliography
Excerpts
Reviews
Sources
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III. U
TILITIES
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Linear Indices
Multi-nodal index
Data handling
Archives
Core Narrative
"
Thought in Clay
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NARRATIVE
Introduction
Part I
Part II
Part III
Part IV
Part IV
Part VI
Conclusions
NOTES
FOREWORD
INTRODUCTION
1. The literature
2. Mesopotamia
3. Structural analysis
4. Prosody
Part I: POETIC NARRATIVE: MYTHS
5. The myth
6. The myth of Dilmun
7. Enlil and Ninlil
8. Inanna and Dumuzi
9. Enki and Namma
10. The "Genesis" of Eridu
11.
Enūma elīš
12.
Atram-hasīs
13.
Anzu
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Nergal and Ereshkigal
15.
Ishtar
16.
Adapa
17.
Etana
18.
Martu
Part II: POETIC NARRATIVE: EPIC
19. The epic dimension
20. The kingship
21.
Enmerkar and the Lord of Aratta
22.
Bilgames and Agga
23.
Enmerkar and Ensuhgirana
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Bilgames and Huwawa
25.
Lugalbanda
26.
Bull of Heaven
27.
Nightmare of Gilgamesh
28.
The tree and the Netherworld
29. The first
Gilgamesh
Part III: RITUAL DRAMA
30. The performative dimension
31. Formal aspects
32. The sacred sphere
33. The profane sphere
Part IV: DECLAMATION: HYMNS
34. Face to face
35. The pathos
36. The glorification
37. Lamentations
38. Prayers
39. Love and death
Part V: INTROSPECTION: WISDOM
40. The "wisdom"
41.
Theodicy
42.
Ludlul
43.
Erra
44. The second
Gilgamesh
45. Hymn to Shamash
46. Proverbs
47. The dialogue of the pessimist
48. Disputations
Part VI: POLITICAL LITERATURE
49. Prose
50. Kings and scribes
51. Display literature
52. Commemorative documents
53. Literary embellishments
54. Scribal counter-culture
CONCLUSIONS
THE IMPRINT OF THE SPIRIT
55. They lived too
COMPOSITIVE/EXPOSITIVE SCHEMES
56. The concept
57. The myths
58. Epics
59. Wisdom
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Introduction
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