When Heroes Love

When Heroes Love
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Publisher : Columbia University Press
Total Pages : 374
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ISBN-10 : 9780231132602
ISBN-13 : 0231132603
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Book Synopsis When Heroes Love by : Susan Ackerman

Download or read book When Heroes Love written by Susan Ackerman and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Toward the end of the Mesopotamian Epic of Gilgamesh King, Gilgamesh laments the untimely death of his comrade Enkidu, 'my friend whom I loved dearly'. This book examines the stories' sexual and homoerotic language and suggests that its ambiguity provides fresh ways of understanding ideas of gender and sexuality in the ancient Near East.


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