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

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. 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.

• | Author: L. Parramore
• | Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• | Publication Date: Nov 17, 2008
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9781349371600
• | ISBN-10: 1349371602