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Reading the Sphinx: Ancient Egypt in Nineteenth-Century Literary Culture (2008)

Reading the Sphinx: Ancient Egypt in Nineteenth-Century Literary Culture (2008)

by Parramore, L
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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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BrandPalgrave Macmillan
Pub dateNov 17, 2008
ISBN-101349371602
ISBN-139781349371600
LanguageEnglish
Dimensions8.5 × 0.48 × 5.5 in
Weight1 lb
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