Author : Raymond Oliver Faulkner
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 618 pages
File Size : 42,46 MB
Release : 2003-01-01
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 0300099207
Presents annotated translations of papyrus writings and tomb inscriptions from the middle and late periods of ancient Egypt.
Author : Miriam Lichtheim
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 18,44 MB
Release : 2006-03-04
Category : History
ISBN : 0520248449
"First published in 1973 - and followed by Volume II in 1976 and Volume III in 1980 - this anthology has assumed classic status in the field of Egyptology and portrays the remarkable evolution of the literary forms of one of the world's earliest civilizations. Volume III spans the last millennium of Pharaonic civilization, from the tenth century B.C. to the beginning of the Christian era. It features a new foreword by Joseph G. Manning"--Publisher's description.
Author : Adolf Erman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 19,63 MB
Release : 2015-12-14
Category : History
ISBN : 1317274768
Originally published in 1927, this text contains a translation of Adolf Erman’s work into English. Erman’s original intention was to bring the songs, stories and poems that have survived from ancient Egypt to the masses of the modern world. The literature of the Egyptian world provides a real insight into the day-to-day life of one of the oldest societies known to man and this translation ensures that these insights are afforded to an English audience. This title will be of interest to students of History, Classics and Literature.
Author : David Huckvale
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 46,82 MB
Release : 2014-01-10
Category : History
ISBN : 0786489766
Ancient Egypt has long been a source of fascination in Western popular culture. Movies such as The Mummy (1932, 1959), Biblical epics like The Ten Commandments (1923, 1956), and pharaonic films like Cleopatra (1934, 1963) and The Egyptian (1954) have all recreated the glamour and allure of Egyptian art and civilization for Western audiences. This work traces how these and other films were inspired by writers like Bram Stoker and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and by the art of Victorian painters. Similarly, it shows how the soundtracks to such films belong to a Romantic musical tradition stretching back beyond Verdi and Mozart. Exploring these artistic endeavors addresses the question of whether the fantasy of ancient Egypt represents racist misunderstandings of a far more significant reality, or a way for Western culture to understand itself.
Author : Toby Wilkinson
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 47,33 MB
Release : 2016-08-25
Category : History
ISBN : 0141395966
'Man perishes; his corpse turns to dust; all his relatives pass away. But writings make him remembered' In ancient Egypt, words had magical power. Inscribed on tombs and temple walls, coffins and statues, or inked onto papyri, hieroglyphs give us a unique insight into the life of the Egyptian mind. Egyptologist Toby Wilkinson has freshly translated a rich and diverse range of ancient Egyptian writings into modern English, including tales of shipwreck and wonder, obelisk inscriptions, mortuary spells, funeral hymns, songs, satires and advice on life from a pharaoh to his son. Spanning over two millennia, this is the essential guide to a complex, sophisticated culture. Translated with an Introduction by Toby Wilkinson
Author : Miriam Lichtheim
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 22,22 MB
Release : 2006-04-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520248427
"Praise for the first editions: " "Concise, lucid, and altogether interesting . . ..The notes on the individual texts are unfailingly illuminating."--"Books Abroad" (now "World Literature Today")
Author : James P. Allen
Publisher : Society of Biblical Lit
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 40,24 MB
Release : 2007-08-30
Category : History
ISBN : 1589836782
The Pyramid Texts are the oldest body of extant literature from ancient Egypt. First carved on the walls of the burial chambers in the pyramids of kings and queens of the Old Kingdom, they provide the earliest comprehensive view of the way in which the ancient Egyptians understood the structure of the universe, the role of the gods, and the fate of human beings after death. Their importance lies in their antiquity and in their endurance throughout the entire intellectual history of ancient Egypt. This volume contains the complete translation of the Pyramid Texts, including new texts recently discovered and published. It incorporates full restorations and readings indicated by post-Old Kingdom copies of the texts and is the first translation that presents the texts in the order in which they were meant to be read in each of the original sources.
Author : Adolf Erman
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 24,96 MB
Release : 1995-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780486287676
Selections include poetry from pyramid texts, morning hymns, instructions in wisdom, meditations, exhortations to schoolboys, love songs, poems to the king, and more. Also included are an outline of Egyptian history, an introduction to Egyptian literature, and extensive footnotes and commentary on the material presented.
Author : Jacqueline Morley
Publisher :
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 21,44 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN :
An illustrated introduction to life in Ancient Egypt.
Author : Antonio Loprieno
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 743 pages
File Size : 49,62 MB
Release : 2023-12-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9004676716
This volume deals with the development and the characteristics of the literature of Ancient Egypt over a period of more than two millennia, from the monumental origins of autobiography at the end of the Old Kingdom (ca. 2150 BCE) down to the latest literary compositions in Demotic during the Graeco-Roman period (300 BCE-200 CE). This book, the result of an international co-operation among more than twenty scholars, is divided into sections devoted to the definition of literary discourse in Ancient Egypt; the history and genres of these texts, their linguistic and stylistic features; and the image of Ancient Egypt as displayed in later literary traditions of the Mediterranean world - Greek, Coptic, Arabic. With over thirty chapters, this volume provides an interdisciplinary account of current research in one of the methodologically most advanced fields of Egyptology.
