Weapons of Words: Intertextual Competition in Babylonian Poetry: A Study of Anzû, Enūma Elis, and Erra and Isum by Wisnom, Selena

Weapons of Words: Intertextual Competition in Babylonian Poetry: A Study of Anzû, Enūma Elis, and Erra and Isum (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789004412965)

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Weapons of Words: Intertextual Competition in Babylonian Poetry: A Study of Anzû, Enūma Elis, and Erra and Isum by Wisnom, Selena

Weapons of Words: Intertextual Competition in Babylonian Poetry: A Study of Anzû, Enūma Elis, and Erra and Isum

$202.00
Weapons of Words: Intertextual Competition in Babylonian Poetry: A Study of Anzû, Enūma Elis, and Erra and Isum by Wisnom, Selena

Weapons of Words: Intertextual Competition in Babylonian Poetry: A Study of Anzû, Enūma Elis, and Erra and Isum

$202.00
Format: Hardcover
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In Weapons of Words: Intertextual Competition in Babylonian Poetry Selena Wisnom offers an in-depth literary study of three poems central to Babylonian culture: Anzû, Enūma elis, and Erra and Isum. Fundamentally interconnected, each poem strives to out-do its predecessors and competes to establish its protagonist, its ideals, and its poetics as superior to those that came before them.
The first of its kind in Assyriology, Weapons of Words explores the rich nuances of these poems by unravelling complex networks of allusion. Through a sophisticated analysis of literary techniques, Selena Wisnom traces developments in the Akkadian poetic tradition and demonstrates that intertextual readings are essential for a deeper understanding of Mesopotamian literature.

Author: Selena Wisnom
ISBN-10: 9004412964
ISBN-13: 9789004412965
Publisher: Brill
Language: English
Published: 11/14/2019
Pages: 292
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.10w x 0.80d
By Selena Wisnom
By Selena Wisnom
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Selena Wisnom, D.Phil. (2015, University of Oxford), is a Junior Research Fellow in Manuscript and Text Cultures at The Queen's College, Oxford. She specialises in the literary and cultural interpretation of cuneiform sources, particularly poetry and divination.

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