{"product_id":"writing-the-sphinx-9781474476249","title":"Writing the Sphinx","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUnearths a rich tradition of creative flexibility, collaboration and mutual influence between literary culture and Egyptology\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe first monograph study to bring literature into conversation with Egyptological culture\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIncorporates a number of archival primary sources which have, until now, escaped critical attention\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnalyses canonical literature alongside works by lesser-known authors \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCombines literary criticism with book history, the history of science, and reception studies\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book explores literary and Egyptological cultures from the closing decades of the nineteenth century to the opening decades of the twentieth, culminating in the aftermath of the high-profile discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun in 1922. Analysing the works of Egyptologists including Howard Carter, Arthur Weigall and E. A. Wallis Budge alongside those of their literary contemporaries such as H. Rider Haggard, Marie Corelli and Oscar Wild\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Edinburgh University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408887423319,"sku":"9781474476249","price":85.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781474476249.jpg?v=1730504571","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/writing-the-sphinx-9781474476249","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}