{"product_id":"ancient-egyptian-literature-9780292725270","title":"Ancient Egyptian Literature","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePoetry, stories, hymns, prayers, and wisdom texts found exquisite written expression in ancient Egypt while their literary counterparts were still being recited around hearth fires in ancient Greece and Israel; this anthology offers an extensive sampling\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eList of Hieroglyphic Passages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePreface\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgments \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Poems \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAkhenaten's Hymn to the Sun\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"Why, just now, must you question your heart\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"I love you through the daytimes\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"My love is one and only\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"Love, how I'd love to slip down to the pond\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"Love of you is mixed deep in my vitals\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"I think I'll go home and lie very still\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSongs of the Birdcatcher's Daughter\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Instruction for Little Pepi on His Way to School\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLonging for Memphis\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"Oh, I'm bound downstream on the Memphis Ferry\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRebuke Addressed to a Dissipated Scribe\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMenna's Lament\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThc Debate between a Man Tired of Life and His Soul\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Resurrection of King Unis\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePrayer to the King to Rise Up\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHymn to the King as a Primordial God\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHymn to the King as a Flash of Lightning\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePrayer of the King as a Star Fading in the Dawn\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Prophecy of Neferty\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Testament of Amenemhat\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo Spells \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSpell for Causing the Beloved to Follow After\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePower from the Four Winds of Heaven\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Greatness of the King\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePrayer of King Ramesses II\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFor a Portrait of the Queen\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHymn to Osiris\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHymn to the Nile\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHymn to the Rising Sun\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIn Praise of Amun\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLament to Amun\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Tale of Sinuhe\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom The Leiden Hymns\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Prayers of Pahery\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom the Tomb of King Intef\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Harper's Song for Inherkhawy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom The Eloquent Peasant\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eThe Peasant's Eighth Complaint\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom The Maxims of Ptahhotep\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Instructionfor Merikarê\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Wisdom of Amenemopet\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Immortality of Writers (Epilogue)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChronology\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGlossary\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSources of the Texts \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBibliography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400859656535,"sku":"9780292725270","price":19.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/ancient-egyptian-literature-9780292725270","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}