Drawing on recent advances in Egyptology, R. B. Parkinson's new translations bring to life for the modern reader the golden age of Egyptian fictional literature, the Middle Kingdom (c. 1940-1640 BC). The book features The Tale of Sinuhe, acclaimed as the masterpiece of Egyptian poetry, which tells of a courtier's adventures after he flees Egypt. Other works include stories of fantastic wonders from the court of the builder of the Great Pyramid, a lyrical dialogue between a man and his soul on the nature of death and the problem of suffering, and teachings about the nature of virtue and wisdom, one of which is bitterly spoken from the grave by the assassinated king Amenemhat I, founder of the Twelfth Dynasty. A general introduction discusses the historical context of the poetry, the nature of poetry, and the role of literature in ancient Egyptian culture., while a full set of notes explicates allusions, details of mythology, place-names, and the like. Parkinson's book provides, for the first time, a literary reading to enable these poems to entertain and instruct the modern reader, as they did their original audiences three-and-a-half thousand years ago.

The Tale of Sinuhe and Other Ancient Egyptian Poems, 1940-1640 BC (Oxford World's Classics)

Literature & Fiction

Parkinson, R. B.

Poetry

Oxford University Press

These new translations bring to life for the modern reader the golden age of Egyptian fictional literature, the Middle Kingdom (c. 1938-1640 BC), and include the masterpiece of Egyptian poetry, The Tale of Sinuhe. An introduction and notes explain historical details, and offer for the first time a literary reading, to enable these poems to entertain and instruct, as they did their original audiences three-and-a-half thousand years ago.

The Tale of Sinuhe: and Other Ancient Egyptian Poems 1940-1640 B.C.

History & Criticism

Voices from Ancient Egypt is a reissue of the valuable introduction to ancient Egyptian literature first published in 1991. An anthology presenting translations of sixty documents from a golden age of ancient Egyptian culture (c. 2081-1600 BC), the documents illustrate all aspects of life and the place of literacy in an early civilisation. The 'voices' range from the high formal literature of religious rituals and royal monuments to the hurried requests of the bureaucrats and the jokes of harrassed workmen. They tell a tale not only of the intellectual beliefs of the elite, but of family feuds, love and murder, as well as the pastoral dreams of a society trying to attain its vision of absolute order in a chaotic universe.

Voices from Ancient Egypt: An Anthology of Middle Kingdom Writings

BRITISH MUSEUM

This is one of the great texts 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, though not a translation, provides a standard text to serve as a basis for further research. Parkinson has collated the transciptions with the original papyri in Berlin and London, and proposes a number of new and improved readings. The introduction describes the manuscripts and discusses their date and provenance.

The Tale of the Eloquent Peasant (Griffith Institute Publications) (Egyptian Edition)

Griffith Institute

In Reading Ancient Egyptian Poetry, Richard Parkinson explores how ancient Egyptian poems have been read and perceived across the ages.     Presents an innovative and theoretically-informed account of how the most famous ancient Egyptian poems have been read over 4,000 years  From a leading expert in the interpretation of ancient Egyptian literature  Explores the original experience of ordinary Egyptians enjoying the poems as well as their interpretation during the Middle Kingdom and up to modern times  Draws on recent discoveries in the British Museum archives to reconstruct the contexts of the poems

Reading Ancient Egyptian Poetry: Among Other Histories

Wiley/Blackwell

An in-depth study of the legacy of Egyptian poetry from the period 1940-1640 BC. As well as looking at the texts themselves, Parkinson explores the broader context of the role of literature during this period, whether for entertainment or propaganda purposes, and the social and ideological background to literary style, themes, metrics, authorship, audience and performance.

Poetry and Culture in Middle Kingdom Egypt: A Dark Side to Perfection (Studies in Egyptology and the Ancient Near East)

Equinox

The book provides a commentary on one of the best known poems from the Middle Kingdom, The Tale of the Eloquent Peasant, from c. 1840 BC. An introduction covers issues of composition and reception in the Middle Kingdom; language and imagery; naturalism, artifice and immediacy; cultural themes; and later and modern receptions. The commentary includes the text in transliteration and translation with a line by line commentary discussing points of philology, lexicography, style, intertext, context, meaning and possible emotional and aesthetic impact. The volume is intended to assist anyone wishing to read the poem in its original language, and is laid out with text and commentary on the same page to enable an integrated experience of reading, following the precedent of other academic commentaries on classic works of world literature. Figures are included to help embed the poem in its material culture and landscape. An index of words is also provided. The book complements the existing text edition of the poem and the new photographic publications of the main manuscripts by the author.

The Tale of the Eloquent Peasant: A Reader's Commentary (Lingua Aegyptia Studia Monographica)

Widmaier Verlag

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The Tale of Sinuhe and Other Ancient Egyptian Poems, 1940-1640 BC (Oxford World's Classics)

The Tale of Sinuhe: and Other Ancient Egyptian Poems 1940-1640 B.C.

Voices from Ancient Egypt: An Anthology of Middle Kingdom Writings

The Tale of the Eloquent Peasant (Griffith Institute Publications) (Egyptian Edition)

The Tale of the Eloquent Peasant (Griffith Institute Publications) (Egyptian Edition)

Reading Ancient Egyptian Poetry: Among Other Histories

Poetry and Culture in Middle Kingdom Egypt: A Dark Side to Perfection (Studies in Egyptology and the Ancient Near East)

The Tale of the Eloquent Peasant: A Reader's Commentary (Lingua Aegyptia Studia Monographica)