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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 ghost of the assassinated King Amenemhat I, and a series of light-hearted tales of wonder from the court of the builder of the Great Pyramid. These new translations draw on recent and innovative advances in Egyptology, and together with contextualizing introductions and notes to each work provide for the first time a literary reading of these ambiguous and fascinating poems to enable the modern reader to experience them as much as their original audience did, three thousand years ago.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
This is a collection of several stories taken from the papyri. They are apparently the sort of tales ancient Egyptians listened to. Because of the state of the original material, not all are complete, but are quite fascinating. The editorial apparatus is very useful, drawing attention to matters an ordinary reader would miss, and providing explanations. For the non-specialist this is a very intriguing insight into the Egypt of long ago. The comparison with such as the literature of Greece, or Mesopotamia, is fascinating. This is early, early stuff.
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"...I was a follower who followed His Lord..." Aren't we all? This is a wonderful, atmospheric poem from the Middle Age of the Pharoahs. It is not a classic in terms of language or its beauty, but it is unparrelled in its honesty and reflection of the lives and beliefs of the pharoahs. Mysticism, religion and hope are central in this tome, and though the reader may smile and doubt the story told, he/she will feel the strength of belief in the writing of this earliest of our poetic offerings. You do not have to be an egyptologist to enjoy this poetry. Just open your mind to the fact that our ancestors acted and thought exactly as we do, but with different beliefs. This is an essential read.
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