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This book is a new study of the ancient Egyptian poem known in English as The Man Who Was Tired of Life or The Dialogue of a Man and His Ba (or Soul ). The composition is universally regarded as one of the masterpieces of ancient Egyptian literature. It is also one of the most difficult and continually debated, as well as being the subject of more than one hundred books and articles. The present study offers new readings and translations, along with an analysis of the text’s grammar and versification, and a complete philological apparatus.

Egyptian poetry --- Eschatology, Egyptian. --- Egyptian literature --- History and criticism. --- Dispute of a man with his soul. --- Dispute over suicide --- Gespräch eines Lebensmüden mit seiner Seele --- Lebensmüden --- Désespéré --- Man who was tired of life --- Man who argued with his soul --- Dialogue of a Man and his Ba --- Gespräch eines Lebensmüden mit seinem Ba --- Debate between a man and his soul --- Rebel in the soul --- Egyptian poetry - History and criticism --- Eschatology, Egyptian