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

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.

List of contents

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

About the author

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.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: L Parramore, L. Parramore, Lynn Parramore
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.11.2008
• EAN: 9781349371600
• ISBN: 978-1-349-37160-0
• No. of pages: 207
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; B, Literature, Literary studies: post-colonial literature, World Literature, Literature, Modern—19th century, Nineteenth-Century Literature, Postcolonial/World Literature, Palgrave Literature & Performing Arts Collection