Hieroglyphic modernisms : writing and new media in the twentieth century /

In the British Museum, one object attracts more tourists than any other: the Rosetta Stone. The decipherment of the Stone by Jean-François Champollion and the discovery of King Tutankhamun's tomb in 1922 contributed to creating a worldwide vogue for all things Egyptian. This fascination was sh...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Schotter, Jesse (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press Ltd, [2018]
Colección:Edinburgh critical studies in modernist culture.
Temas:
Modernism (Literature) > Great Britain.
Hieroglyphics in literature.
Hieroglyphics.
Modernisme (Littérature) > Grande-Bretagne.
Hiéroglyphes dans la littérature.
Hiéroglyphes.
hieroglyphics.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY > African Languages.
HISTORY > Europe > General.
Modernism (Literature)
Great Britain.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Misreading Egypt
  • The hieroglyphics of character
  • Sound enclosures
  • The "essence" of Egypt
  • Solving the problem of Babel
  • Matrices and metaverses
  • Coda : The Rosetta Stone.

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