a common theme in fiction. The concept has been depicted since the Epic of Gilgamesh, the oldest known work of fiction. Originally appearing in the domain
Immortality is a common theme in fiction. The concept has been depicted since the Epic of Gilgamesh, the oldest known work of fiction. Originally appearing in the domain of mythology, it has later become a recurring element in the genres of horror, science fiction, and fantasy. For most of literary history, the dominant perspective has been that the desire for immortality is misguided, albeit stro
Immortality is a common theme in fiction. The concept has been depicted since the Epic of Gilgamesh, the oldest known work of fiction. Originally appearing in the domain of mythology, it has later become a recurring element in the genres of horror, science fiction, and fantasy. For most of literary history, the dominant perspective has been that the desire for immortality is misguided, albeit strong; among the posited drawbacks are ennui, loneliness, and social stagnation. This view was challenged in the 20th century by writers such as George Bernard Shaw and Roger Zelazny. Immortality is commonly obtained either from supernatural entities or objects such as the Fountain of Youth or through biological or technological means such as brain transplants.
texts, including maps, diagrams, logical notation, mathematical notation, musical notation, and chemistry's structural formulas. Some of the oldest surviving
A book is a written work of substantial length created by one or more authors. They can be distributed in various forms such as printed books, audiobooks, and electronic books (ebooks). Books are broadly classified into fiction, which contains invented narratives or other imaginary content, and non-fiction, which contains content intended as factual truth.
The term may also refer to the physical o
The earliest surviving texts widely accepted as writing are cuneiform tablets. They emerged from earlier traditions of sealed clay envelopes called bullae, which contained physical tokens, and logographic proto-cuneiform written to represent the physical tokens. Created circa 3200 BC during the Uruk period in modern-day Iraq, the tablets were made from flattened pieces of clay that scribes impressed with a stylus. The clay tablets were used in the Ancient Near East for thousands of years throughout the Bronze Age and well into the Iron Age. Clay tablets are very durable compared to other early writing materials and many survive to the present day. Stored in libraries and private residences, they were used in many of the ways that modern writing is used, including to record literature. The Standard Babylonian version of the Epic of Gilgamesh, one of the oldest surviving works of literature, was written on a series of about 12 tablets each with over 300 lines of cuneiform verse, as a standardized edition of earlier stories copied and compiled by centuries of scribes. Depending on the definition of "book", the tablets are considered either a very early form of the book or a precursor to true books.
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