Romantic Egypt - Abyssal Ground of British Romanticism

Informationen zum Autor By Elizabeth A. Fay Klappentext Romantic Egypt argues that the balance between knowing and not-knowing, between deciphering and imagining an archaic Egypt, was essential to the development of the Romantic imaginary, particularly in Britain and Germany: for the Romantics western philosophy and art had their birth in Ancient Egypt. Zusammenfassung Romantic Egypt argues that the balance between knowing and not-knowing, between deciphering and imagining an archaic Egypt, was essential to the development of the Romantic imaginary, particularly in Britain and Germany: for the Romantics western philosophy and art had their birth in Ancient Egypt. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Chapter One: Prior Time Chapter Two: Geographica Chapter Three: Ruins Chapter Four: Spirit Magic Chapter Five: Hieroglyphica

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• Authors: Elizabeth A. Fay
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.03.2023
• EAN: 9781793635693
• ISBN: 978-1-79363-569-3
• No. of pages: 260
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / Subjects & Themes / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / General, Ireland, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Literature: history & criticism, British literature;Colonial;Egypt;Postcolonial;Romanticism