File Gurney MSS 2.16 - The Poor Man of Nippur

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Gurney MSS 2.16

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The Poor Man of Nippur

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  • 1958 - 1993 (Creation)

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(1911-2001)

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The Poor Man of Nippur:

Correspondence:

  • Correspondence to Alster, Bendt (1 letter / 16 July 1975).
  • Correspondence to/from Faragó, József (2 letters / 23 January 1971 - 17 July 1971).
  • Correspondence to/from Julow, Viktor (3 letters / 5 April 1958 - 18 July 1971).
  • Correspondence to/from Noegel, Scott (2 letters / 15 May 1993 - 29 May 1993).
  • Correspondence from Perry, B. E. (3 letters / 19 April 1958 - 1 January 1959).

Notes:

  • Notes on Mundy, “The Poor Man of Nippur”.
  • Notes on Icelandic Story.
  • Lists of bibliographic references

Offprints:

  • Cooper, J. S. (1975), “Structure, Humor, and Satire in the Poor Man of Nippur”, Journal of Cuneiform Studies 27 (3), p. 163-74.
  • Ellis, Maria deJ. (1974), “A New Fragment of the Tale of the Poor Man of Nippur,” Journal of Cuneiform Studies 26 (2) p. 88-89.
  • Faragó, József (1970), “A Contribution to the Table Motif of the Bird Concealed in the Vessel: The First Revenge of the Poor Man of Nippur”, Acta Ethnographica Academiae Scientarium Hungaricae 19, p. 147-159.
  • Finet, Andre (1992), “Les trois vengeances du pauvre homme de Nippur. Conte Babylonian”, L’atelier de L’orfevre, eds. M. Broze and Ph. Thalon (Louvain: Peeters) p. 87-106.
  • Julow, Viktor (1963), “A nippuri szegény ember meséje és a Lúdas Matyi ó-romániai népmese-mintájának kérdése”, Különlenyomat Az Irodalomtört Éneti Közlemények, p. 678-690.
  • Julow, Viktor (1970) “The Source of a Hungarian Popular Classic and its Roots in Antiquity,” Acta Classica Universitatis Scientiarum Debreceniensis 6, p. 75-84.
  • Noegel, Scott, “Paranomasia in the Tale of the Poor Man of Nippur”, Unpublished Article.
  • Perry, B. E. (1960), “The Origin of the Book of Sindbad,” Sonderdruck aus Fabula 3 (1) p. 1-94.

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Copyright Griffith Institute, University of Oxford

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