Narrating Ancient Egypt - The Representation of Ancient Egypt in Nineteenth-Century and Early-Twentieth-Century Fantastic Fiction (Hardcover, New edition)

Ancient and modern Egypt feature in numerous fantastic stories by Victorian and Edwardian writers. This book explores how works of popular Egyptianising fantastic literature can be read as critical texts which comment on the Oriental mind-set of Europe, and especially Britain. The analysis of the genre and the discussion of possible reasons for the frequent use of Egyptianising elements show that Egypt was simultaneously a real and an imagined place - a perfect ingredient to create gothic stories and magical events, and, at the same time, of specific interest to Great Britain for cultural and political reasons.

General

Imprint:	Peter Lang Ag
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	ALPH: Arbeiten zur Literarischen Phantastik / ALPH: Approaches to Literary Phantasy, 8
Release date:	April 2015
First published:	2015
Authors:	Maria Fleischhack
Dimensions:	210 x 148 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	290
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-3-631-66098-0
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > General Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > From 1900 Books > History > General
LSN:	3-631-66098-7
Barcode:	9783631660980

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