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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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The Egyptomania Craze: From Wedgwood China to the Washington Monument Tales from the Crypt: Theories of Cultural Burial The Exquisite Corpse: Nineteenth-century Literary Revivals The Empire of the Imagination: Egypt and Esoterica Strangers in a Strange Land: Travelers in Egypt Oedipus Aegyptiacus: Egypt and Early Psychology

Reading the Sphinx

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      Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 1/17/2008 12:11:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9781349371600, 978-1349371600
      ISBN10: 1349371602
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      ELT & Literary Studies Literary studies: postcolonial literature Literature: history and criticism

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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.

      Table of Contents
      The Egyptomania Craze: From Wedgwood China to the Washington Monument Tales from the Crypt: Theories of Cultural Burial The Exquisite Corpse: Nineteenth-century Literary Revivals The Empire of the Imagination: Egypt and Esoterica Strangers in a Strange Land: Travelers in Egypt Oedipus Aegyptiacus: Egypt and Early Psychology

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