Reading the Sphinx

Ancient Egypt in Nineteenth-Century Literary Culture

AvL. Parramore

Inbunden, Engelska, 2008

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Reading the Sphinx unearths buried conflicts in religion, myth, and the memory of Egypt in the West, illuminating issues of identity, inheritance, gender, and sexuality through cultural productions ranging from Herodotus to Freud.

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Utgivningsdatum:2008-11-17
Mått:140 x 216 x 15 mm
Vikt:328 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:199
Upplaga:2008
Förlag:Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN:9780230603288

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LYNN PARRAMORE received her Ph.D. from New York University, USA, where she has taught essay writing and cultural theory. She is a freelance writer and researcher whose work encompasses film, television, periodicals, and online publications.

Innehållsförteckning

The Egyptomania Craze: From Wedgwood China to the Washington Monument Tales from the Crypt: Theories of Cultural Burial The Exquisite Corpse: Nineteenth-century Literary Revivals The Empire of the Imagination: Egypt and Esoterica Strangers in a Strange Land: Travelers in Egypt Oedipus Aegyptiacus: Egypt and Early Psychology