British Women Writers and the Reception of Ancient Egypt 1840 1910

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British Women Writers and the Reception of Ancient Egypt 1840 1910
British Women Writers and the Reception of Ancient Egypt 1840 1910
Author : Molly Youngkin
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Publisher : Springer
Language : English
Release Date : 29 April 2016
ISBN : 9781137566140
Pages : 229 pages
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British Women Writers and the Reception of Ancient Egypt 1840 1910 by Molly Youngkin Book PDF Summary

Focusing on British women writers' knowledge of ancient Egypt, Youngkin shows the oftentimes limited but pervasive representations of ancient Egyptian women in their written and visual works. Images of Hathor, Isis, and Cleopatra influenced how British writers such as George Eliot and Edith Cooper came to represent female emancipation.

British Women Writers and the Reception of Ancient Egypt 1840 1910

British Women Writers and the Reception of Ancient Egypt 1840 1910 by Molly Youngkin

Focusing on British women writers' knowledge of ancient Egypt, Youngkin shows the oftentimes limited but pervasive representations of ancient Egyptian women in their written and visual works. Images of Hathor, Isis, and Cleopatra influenced how British writers such as George Eliot and Edith Cooper came to represent female emancipation.

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British Women Writers and the Reception of Ancient Egypt 1840 1910

British Women Writers and the Reception of Ancient Egypt 1840 1910 by Molly Youngkin

"Focusing on British women writers' knowledge of ancient Egypt, Molly Youngkin shows how British women writers' encounters with textual and visual representations of ancient Egyptian women such as Hathor, Isis, and Cleopatra influenced how British women represented their own desired emancipation in novels, poetry, drama, romances, and fictional treatises"--

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