The Harps that Once--
Title | The Harps that Once-- PDF eBook |
Author | Thorkild Jacobsen |
Publisher | Yale University Press |
Pages | 526 |
Release | 1987-01-01 |
Genre | Poetry |
ISBN | 9780300072785 |
Sumerian, the oldest language known, is represented by hundreds of thousands of clay tablets inscribed in the cuneiform writing system. Most of the tablets are devoted to mundane matters- ration lists, annual accounts, deeds, contracts- but a substantial number contain examples of perhaps the earliest poetry extant. In this volume, the eminent Assyriologist Thorkild Jacobsen presents translations of some of these ancient poems, including a number of compositions that have never before been published in translation. "What a wonderful bouquet; a gift to us all from a master Sumeriologist, a singer of human achievement, and a lover of words. Jacobsen needs no introduction and this work is special, and should be found in the home of all human and literate persons. It gives access to the mind of ancient Mesopotamia in a manner rarely duplicated heretofore ... Jacobsen has chosen widely from Sumer's rich literature- myth, epics, hymns, boasts, epithalamia, love songs, lamentations, fables- nad has presented us with perspective renderings". Jack M. Sasson, Religious Studies Review.
Ellie and the Harpmaker
Title | Ellie and the Harpmaker PDF eBook |
Author | Hazel Prior |
Publisher | Penguin |
Pages | 336 |
Release | 2019-08-06 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1984803794 |
A rich, heartwarming and charming debut novel that reminds us that sometimes you find love in the most unexpected places. Dan Hollis lives a happy, solitary life carving exquisite Celtic harps in his barn in the countryside of the English moors. Here he can be himself, away from social situations that he doesn’t always get right or completely understand. On the anniversary of her beloved father’s death, Ellie Jacobs takes a walk in the woods and comes across Dan’s barn. She is enchanted by his collection. Dan gives her a harp made of cherrywood to match her cherry socks. He stores it for her, ready for whenever she’d like to take lessons. Ellie begins visiting Dan almost daily and quickly learns that he isn’t like other people. He makes her sandwiches precisely cut into triangles and repeatedly counts the (seventeen) steps of the wooden staircase to the upstairs practice room. Ellie soon realizes Dan isn’t just different; in many ways, his world is better, and he gives her a fresh perspective on her own life.
The Literature of Ancient Sumer
Title | The Literature of Ancient Sumer PDF eBook |
Author | Jeremy A. Black |
Publisher | Oxford University Press, USA |
Pages | 444 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Literary Collections |
ISBN | 9780199296330 |
Sumerian is the oldest written language of ancient Iraq, first written down some 5,000 years ago. Its literature, encompassing narrative myths, lyrical hymns, proverbs and love poetry, provides a stimulating insight into the world's first urban civilization. This is a comprehensive collection.
A String in the Harp
Title | A String in the Harp PDF eBook |
Author | Nancy Bond |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 388 |
Release | 1976 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 068950036X |
Relates what happens to three American children, unwillingly transplanted to wales for one year, when one of them finds an ancient harp-uning key that takes him back to the time of the great sixth-century bard Taliesin.
The Grass Harp
Title | The Grass Harp PDF eBook |
Author | Truman Capote |
Publisher | Vintage |
Pages | 290 |
Release | 1993-09-28 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0679745572 |
From the national bestselling author of In Cold Blood and Breakfast at Tiffany's comes the story of three endearing misfits—an orphaned boy and two whimsical old ladies—who take up residence in a tree house. Set on the outskirts of a small Southern town, The Grass Harp tells the tale of three misfits who move into a tree house. As they pass sweet yet hazardous hours in a china tree, The Grass Harp manages to convey all the pleasures and responsibilities of freedom. But most of all it teaches us about the sacredness of love, “that love is a chain of love, as nature is a chain of life.” This volume also includes Capote’s A Tree of Night and Other Stories, which the Washington Post called “unobtrusively beautiful . . . a superlative book.”
Teach Yourself to Play the Folk Harp
Title | Teach Yourself to Play the Folk Harp PDF eBook |
Author | Sylvia Woods |
Publisher | Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 1987-05 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 9780936661421 |
This book teaches the student step by step how to play the harp. Each of the 12 lessons includes instructions, exercises, and folk and classical pieces using the new skills and techniques taught in the lesson. --from publisher description.
Toward the Image of Tammuz and Other Essays on Mesopotamian History and Culture
Title | Toward the Image of Tammuz and Other Essays on Mesopotamian History and Culture PDF eBook |
Author | Thorkild Jacobsen |
Publisher | Wipf and Stock Publishers |
Pages | 521 |
Release | 2008-05-01 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1556359527 |
In this volume, William L. Moran has collected seventeen of Jacobsen's widely scattered essays. Dealing with religion, history, culture, government, economics, and grammar, these pieces are representative of all aspects of Jacobsen's work, but stress his studies in history and religion, the fields in which he made his most important contributions to our knowledge of Mesopotamian culture and the origins of Western civilization. Moran has also included a bibliography of and a lexical index to Jacobsen's writings.