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

Parramore, L.

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.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2008-11-17

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9780230603288

DOI: 10.1057/9780230615700

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 199