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English
Harper Perennial
03 August 1983
"A fresh retelling of the ancient texts about Ishtar, the world's first goddess. Illustrated with visual artifacts of the period. ""A great masterpiece of universal literature.""--Mircea Eliade"

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Imprint:   Harper Perennial
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 227mm,  Width: 154mm,  Spine: 18mm
Weight:   380g
ISBN:   9780060908546
ISBN 10:   0060908548
Pages:   246
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Reviews for Inanna

This is an admirable translation, a great masterpiece of universal literature. --Mircea Eliade A splendid mutual accomplishment and a great gift ot mythology.... Inanna is a book to be cherished. --P.L. Travers In the myth of Inanna, Wolkstein and Kramer give us back the totality of woman, the ruler-wife-lover-redeemer, whom all worshiped and from whom all life flowed. It is a thrilling rediscovery. --Olivier Bernier Wolkstein has been able to convey in English the rich metaphor, the erotic fullness, and the ritual pacing of these ancient stories....Taken together with the illustrations, historical discussions, and textual commentaries, this book is worth a tower of scholarly tomes....Such a feat is remarkable and rare. --Barre Toelken, Director of Folklore and Ethnic Studies, University of Oregon I felt shivers of recognition reading these ancient lines that proclaim Inanna's discovery of her prowess....Kramer and Wolkstein make us love their awesome goddess whose stormy complexities have been concealed in cuneiform tablets for thousands of years. --Nor Hall


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