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Reading the Sphinx

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.

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Book information

ISBN: 9780230603288
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Pub date:
Edition: 1st Edition
DEWEY: 932
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 198
Weight: 328g
Height: 215mm
Width: 144mm
Spine width: 15mm