| The Tale of the Eloquent Peasant Contributor(s): Parkinson, R. B. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0900416602 ISBN-13: 9780900416606 Publisher: Griffith Institute OUR PRICE: $24.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2005 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Folklore & Mythology - Literary Collections | Ancient, Classical & Medieval - Literary Collections | African |
| Dewey: 398.210 |
| Series: Griffith Institute Publications |
| Physical Information: 0.36" H x 6.68" W x 9.32" (0.58 lbs) 144 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Cultural Region - North Africa |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This is one of the masterpieces from the golden age of Egyptian literature in the Middle Kingdom. Although the Tale has been much studied and quoted, there has never been a full parallel edition of the manuscripts. This volume fills that gap and provides a standard text to serve as a basis for future research. For the edition of the Egyptian text, Richard Parkinson has collated the transcriptions with the original papyri in Berlin and London, and proposes a number of new and improved readings. The textual notes supply facsimiles of problematic passages, offer restorations for damaged sections, and record the variant readings of previous scholars. The introduction describes the four manuscripts and discusses their date and provenance. Richard Parkinson constructs the first stemma for the textual tradition of the Tale, as well as presenting a history and bibliography of previous studies. |