Tale of Sinuhe And Other Ancient Egyptian Poems 1940-1640 B. C.

Name: Tale of Sinuhe And Other Ancient Egyptian Poems 1940-1640 B. C.
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ISBN: 9780192839664

ISBN-10: 0192839667

ISBN-13: 9780192839664

Edition: 1999

Authors: R. B. Parkinson

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The Tale of Sinuhe, from c.1875 BC, has been acclaimed as the supreme masterpiece of Ancient Egyptian poetry, a perfect fusion of monumental, dramatic, and lyrical styles, and a passionate probing of its culture's ideals and anxieties. This anthology contains all the substantial surviving works from the golden age of Egyptian fictional literature. Composed by an anonymous author in the form of a funerary autobiography the Tale tells how the courtier Sinuhe flees Egypt at the death of his king. Other works from the Middle Kingdom (c.1940-1640 BC) include a poetic dialogue between a man and his soul on the problem of suffering and death, a teaching about the nature of wisdom spoken by the…

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List price: $15.95
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/16/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 5.08" wide x 7.72" long x 0.63" tall
Weight: 0.484
Language: English



Preface


Note On The Translations


Select Bibliography


Chronology


Introduction


Tales



the Tale of Sinuhe



the Tale of the Eloquent Peasant



the Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor



the Tale of King Cheops' Court


Discourses



the Words of Neferti



the Words of Khakheperreseneb



the Dialogue of a Man and His Soul



the Dialogue of Ipuur and the Lord of All


Teachings



the Teaching of King Amenemhat



the Teaching for King Merikare



the 'Loyalist' Teaching



the Teaching of the Vizier Ptahhotep



the Teaching of Khety


Phrases And Fragments



Phrases and Fragments


Glossary