An edition of Reading the Sphinx (2008)

Reading the Sphinx

Ancient Egypt in 19th Century Literary Culture (Nineteenth-Century Major Lives and Letters)

By Lynn Parramore

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Publish Date

October 14, 2008

Publisher

Palgrave Macmillan

Language

eng

Pages

199

Description:

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.

subjects: American literature, Egyptian influences, English literature, History and criticism, Western Civilization, Egyptian literature, history and criticism, HISTORY, Ancient, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Literature

Times: 19th century