Table of Contents

Part 1: theoretical considerations; the study of imagery; translation of the Sumerian poem "Lugalbanda". Part 2: literary criticism in practice; conclusion; translation of "Lugalbanda in the Mountain Cave".

About the Author

Jeremy Black is Professor of History at the University of Exeter, UK, and a Senior Fellow at the Center for the Study of America and the West at the Foreign Policy Research Institute in Philadelphia, USA. His books include War: A Short History, The War of 1812 and The Great War and the Making of the Modern World (all published by Continuum).