Reading Ancient Egyptian Poetry: Among Other Histories
Book Details
Author(s)
R. B. Parkinson
Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN / ASIN
1405125470
ISBN-13
9781405125475
Availability
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Sales Rank
#2,099,303
Category
History
Marketplace
United States 🇺🇸
Description
In Reading Ancient Egyptian Poetry, Richard Parkinson explores how ancient Egyptian poems have been read and perceived across the ages.
- Presents an innovative and theoretically-informed account of how the most famous ancient Egyptian
poems have been read over 4,000 years - From a leading expert in the interpretation of ancient Egyptian literature
- Explores the original experience of ordinary Egyptians enjoying the poems as well as their interpretation
during the Middle Kingdom and up to modern times - Draws on recent discoveries in the British Museum archives to reconstruct the contexts of the poems
