The Defeat of Death - A Reading of Sir Henry Rider Haggard's "Cleopatra" (Hardcover, New edition)

The monograph reads Sir Henry Rider Haggard's historical romance Cleopatra (1889) with the aim to delineate the last decade of the Victorian period, shed light on the attempt to forge identity, and demonstrate the author's preoccupation with the concept of coincidentia oppositorum as the basic principle of life, death, and regeneration. Through the mythic figure of Cleopatra, the simulacrum of the goddess Isis, the writer underscores that death can be defeated and immortality attained. By simulating ancient Egypt, submerging in the unconscious, withdrawing from the ephemeral world and espousing the spiritual, he came to terms with his fear of mortality, rejuvenated his self, and redeemed his soul. In perusing the three papyri, discovered in the hero's sarcophagus, the reader traces the progress from the Ptolemaic degenerate court to that of Isis.

General

Imprint:	Peter Lang Ag
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Release date:	October 2013
First published:	2014
Authors:	Afroditi-Maria Panaghis
Dimensions:	210 x 148 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	202
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-3-631-62723-5
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > General Books > Social sciences > Psychology > General Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > 19th century Books > History > General
LSN:	3-631-62723-8
Barcode:	9783631627235

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