Weapons of words: intertextual competition in Babylonian poetry

• Verfasst von: Wisnom, Selena [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Weapons of words: intertextual competition in Babylonian poetry
• Titelzusatz: a study of Anzū, Enūma Eliš, and Erra and Išum
• Verf.angabe: by Selena Wisnom
• Verlagsort: Leiden ; Boston
• Verlag: Brill
• E-Jahr: 2020
• Jahr: [2020]
• Umfang: X, 280 Seiten
• Gesamttitel/Reihe: Culture and history of the ancient Near East ; volume 106
• Fussnoten: Literaturverzeichnis (Seiten [253]-270) und Index
• Hochschulschrift: Dissertation, University of Oxford, 2014
• ISBN: 978-90-04-41296-5
• Schlagwörter: (t)Bin šar dadmē / (t)Enūma elīś / (p)Kabti-ilānī-Marduk / (s)Intertextualität
• Dokumenttyp: Hochschulschrift
• Sprache: eng
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: Wisnom, Selena, 1986 - : Weapons of words: intertextual competition in Babylonian poetry. - Leiden : Brill, 2020. - 1 Online-Ressource (X, 280 Seiten)
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Rezensiert in: Foster, Benjamin R., 1945 - : [Rezension von: Wisnom, Selena, 1986-, Weapons of words: intertextual competition in Babylonian poetry]
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Rezensiert in: Gabriel, Gösta, 1979 - : [Rezension von: Wisnom, Selena, 1986-, Weapons of words: intertextual competition in Babylonian poetry]
• K10plus-PPN: 1692998420

Abstract

"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 eliš, and Erra and Išum. 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