Writing the Sphinx : literature, culture and Egyptology /

This book explores literary and Egyptological cultures from the closing decades of the nineteenth century to the opening decades of the twentieth, culminating in the aftermath of the high-profile discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun in 1922.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dobson, Eleanor (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2020]
Colección:Edinburgh critical studies in Victorian culture.
Temas:
1800-1999
English literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
English literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
Egyptology > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Egyptology > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Littérature anglaise > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Littérature anglaise > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Égyptologie > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Égyptologie > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 20e siècle.
ART / History / Ancient & Classical
Egyptology
English literature
Literature
Egypt > In literature.
Egypt
Great Britain
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • List of Illustrations
  • Series Editor's Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • List of Hieroglyphs
  • Introduction
  • 1. 'Wonderful things': Howard Carter, Literary Genre and Material Intertextuality
  • 2. 'Fairy tales' and 'bunkum': Marie Corelli, Artefacts and Fabrications
  • 3. 'The master-key that opens every door': Hieroglyphs, Translations and Palimpsests
  • 4. 'Drunk on the dead': Intoxication, Perfume and Mummy Dust
  • 5. 'The sphinx will speak at last': Visions, Communications and Spiritual Experience
  • Coda
  • Appendix: 'Story of an Egyptian Necklace'
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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