Narrating Ancient Egypt
The Representation of Ancient Egypt in Nineteenth-Century and Early-Twentieth-Century Fantastic Fiction
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ISBN-13:
9783631660980
Veröffentl:
2015
Einband:
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Erscheinungsdatum:
22.04.2015
Seiten:
292
Autor:
Maria Fleischhack
Gewicht:
493 g
Format:
216x153x21 mm
Serie:
8, ALPH: Arbeiten zur Literarischen Phantastik / ALPH: Approaches to Literary Phantasy
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Ancient and modern Egypt feature in numerous fantastic stories by Victorian and Edwardian writers. This book explores how works of popular Egyptianising fantastic literature can be read as critical texts which comment on the Oriental mind-set of Europe, and especially Britain. The analysis of the genre and the discussion of possible reasons for the frequent use of Egyptianising elements show that Egypt was simultaneously a real and an imagined place ¿ a perfect ingredient to create gothic stories and magical events, and, at the same time, of specific interest to Great Britain for cultural and political reasons.
Contents: Ancient Egypt in Literature - The West versus the East - Mummies and other Egyptian characters and objects - Magic and alchemy - Self-criticism - Orientalism - Tourism - Museums - Collections - Encounters with the Other - Encounters with ancient Egypt.
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