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

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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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Parramore, Lynn (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.
Subjects:
Literature.
Nineteenth-Century Literature.
Postcolonial/World Literature.
Literature, Modern > 19th century.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary: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.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (208 pages)
ISBN:9780230615700
DOI:10.1057/9780230615700