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Author | : Miriam Lichtheim |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 254 |
Release | : 2006-03-04 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0520248449 |
"First published in 1973 - and followed by Volume II in 1976 and Volume III in 1980 - this anthology has assumed classic status in the field of Egyptology and portrays the remarkable evolution of the literary forms of one of the world's earliest civilizations. Volume III spans the last millennium of Pharaonic civilization, from the tenth century B.C. to the beginning of the Christian era. It features a new foreword by Joseph G. Manning"--Publisher's description.
Author | : Antonio Loprieno |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 743 |
Release | : 2023-12-28 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9004676716 |
This volume deals with the development and the characteristics of the literature of Ancient Egypt over a period of more than two millennia, from the monumental origins of autobiography at the end of the Old Kingdom (ca. 2150 BCE) down to the latest literary compositions in Demotic during the Graeco-Roman period (300 BCE-200 CE). This book, the result of an international co-operation among more than twenty scholars, is divided into sections devoted to the definition of literary discourse in Ancient Egypt; the history and genres of these texts, their linguistic and stylistic features; and the image of Ancient Egypt as displayed in later literary traditions of the Mediterranean world - Greek, Coptic, Arabic. With over thirty chapters, this volume provides an interdisciplinary account of current research in one of the methodologically most advanced fields of Egyptology.
Author | : Raymond Oliver Faulkner |
Publisher | : Yale University Press |
Total Pages | : 618 |
Release | : 2003-01-01 |
Genre | : Literary Collections |
ISBN | : 0300099207 |
Presents annotated translations of papyrus writings and tomb inscriptions from the middle and late periods of ancient Egypt.
Author | : Adolf Erman |
Publisher | : Courier Corporation |
Total Pages | : 370 |
Release | : 1995-01-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780486287676 |
Selections include poetry from pyramid texts, morning hymns, instructions in wisdom, meditations, exhortations to schoolboys, love songs, poems to the king, and more. Also included are an outline of Egyptian history, an introduction to Egyptian literature, and extensive footnotes and commentary on the material presented.
Author | : Miriam Lichtheim |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 292 |
Release | : 2006-04-03 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780520248427 |
"Praise for the first editions: " "Concise, lucid, and altogether interesting . . ..The notes on the individual texts are unfailingly illuminating."--"Books Abroad" (now "World Literature Today")
Author | : James P. Allen |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 459 |
Release | : 2015 |
Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | : 1107087430 |
This volume provides original texts as well as translations of the major works of Middle Kingdom literature.
Author | : Roland Enmarch |
Publisher | : OUP/British Academy |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2013-04-11 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780197265420 |
The literature of ancient Egypt is less well known than its art and architecture but merits study as one of the earliest literary traditions. This book reviews the current range of interpretative approaches and highlights the vitality of the field, covering the period c. 2000 BC to the Roman period.
Author | : David Huckvale |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 255 |
Release | : 2014-01-10 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0786489766 |
Ancient Egypt has long been a source of fascination in Western popular culture. Movies such as The Mummy (1932, 1959), Biblical epics like The Ten Commandments (1923, 1956), and pharaonic films like Cleopatra (1934, 1963) and The Egyptian (1954) have all recreated the glamour and allure of Egyptian art and civilization for Western audiences. This work traces how these and other films were inspired by writers like Bram Stoker and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and by the art of Victorian painters. Similarly, it shows how the soundtracks to such films belong to a Romantic musical tradition stretching back beyond Verdi and Mozart. Exploring these artistic endeavors addresses the question of whether the fantasy of ancient Egypt represents racist misunderstandings of a far more significant reality, or a way for Western culture to understand itself.
Author | : Toby Wilkinson |
Publisher | : Penguin UK |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 2016-08-25 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0141395966 |
'Man perishes; his corpse turns to dust; all his relatives pass away. But writings make him remembered' In ancient Egypt, words had magical power. Inscribed on tombs and temple walls, coffins and statues, or inked onto papyri, hieroglyphs give us a unique insight into the life of the Egyptian mind. Egyptologist Toby Wilkinson has freshly translated a rich and diverse range of ancient Egyptian writings into modern English, including tales of shipwreck and wonder, obelisk inscriptions, mortuary spells, funeral hymns, songs, satires and advice on life from a pharaoh to his son. Spanning over two millennia, this is the essential guide to a complex, sophisticated culture. Translated with an Introduction by Toby Wilkinson
Author | : Samia Mehrez |
Publisher | : American Univ in Cairo Press |
Total Pages | : 180 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9789774243301 |
Taking as the basis of her study the premise that the boundaries of history and literature are difficult to define, and that the two disciplines represent related types of narrative discourse, Samia Mehrez examines the work of three leading contemporary Egyptian writers: the Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz, Sonallah Ibrahim, and Gamal al-Ghitani. Mehrez delves into the relationship between history and narrative literature and shows that both attempt to transform 'reality' and 'life' into historical structures of meaning. By analyzing the works of these authors in terms of the relationship between authority and the production of narrative literature, she reveals a context in which literature becomes a kind of 'alternative' history - a discourse that comments not only on the history of a place but also on the creation of a narrative on history. As the author says in the Introduction, "The three writers whose careers and works are discussed in these chapters represent some of the most crucial contributions to the larger signifying entity that has engaged the Arab reader in many transformative ways. . . . The authors and their works provide an indispensable (hi)story of the literary field itself, mapping, through their own development as artistic producers, the history of the context which they inhabit and in which they produce".