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Reading the Sphinx

Ancient Egypt in Nineteenth-Century Literary Culture

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  • © 2008

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  1. Lynn Parramore
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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Introduction

    • Lynn Parramore
    Pages 1-16

  3. The Egyptomania Craze

    • Lynn Parramore
    Pages 17-43

  4. Tales from the Crypt

    • Lynn Parramore
    Pages 45-67

  5. The Exquisite Corpse

    • Lynn Parramore
    Pages 69-90

  6. The Empire of the Imagination

    • Lynn Parramore
    Pages 91-122

  7. Strangers in a Strange Land

    • Lynn Parramore
    Pages 123-145

  8. Oedipus Aegyptiacus

    • Lynn Parramore
    Pages 147-169

  9. Afterlives

    • Lynn Parramore
    Pages 171-178

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 179-199
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About this book

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.

About the author

LYNN PARRAMORE received her Ph.D. from New York University, USA, where she has taught essay writing and cultural theory. She is a freelance writer and researcher whose work encompasses film, television, periodicals, and online publications.

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