Reading the Sphinx: Ancient Egypt in Nineteenth-Century Literary Culture

ISBN-13: 9781349371600 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 199 str.

Lynn Parramore; L. Parramore

Opis

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.

Spis treści

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

O autorze

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.