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Informationen zum Autor David Huckvale has worked as a researcher, writer and presenter for BBC Radio and as a lecturer for various universities in England. He lives in rural Bedfordshire. Klappentext Ancient Egypt has long been a source of fascination in Western popular culture. Movies such as 1953's The Mummy, Biblical epics like The Ten Commandments (1923, 1956), and pharaonic films like Cleopatra (1934, 1963) have all recreated the glamour and allure of Egyptian art and civilization for Western audiences. This work traces how these and other films were inspired by writers like Bram Stoker and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and by the art of Victorian painters. Zusammenfassung "Ancient Egypt has long been a source of fascination in Western popular culture. This work traces how films were inspired by writers like Bram Stoker and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and by the art of Victorian painters. Similarly! it shows how the soundtracks to such films belong to a Romantic musical tradition stretching back beyond Verdi and Mozart"--Provided by publisher. Inhaltsverzeichnis Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1. Films 2. Egyptology 3. Myth and Magic 4. Art 5. Fiction and Fantasy, Part 1 6. Fiction and Fantasy, Part 2 7. Music Conclusion Filmography Chapter Notes Bibliography Index
