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Ancient Egyptian literature : theory and practice / edited by Roland Enmarch & Verena M. Lepper ; in cooperation with Eleanor Robson

Published
Oxford : Published for the British Academy by Oxford University Press, 2013.
Physical Description
xv, 299 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Additional Creators
Enmarch, Roland, 1978-, Lepper, Verena M., and Robson, Eleanor

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Contents
Theory and practice in Ancient Egyptian literature / Verena M. Lepper and Roland Enmarch -- Comparative contexts for ancient Egyptian literature. Intentio operis : reading anonymous texts / John Barton -- Reading Greek literature / Thomas A. Schmitz -- Lone heroes or collaborative communities? : on Sumerian literature and its practitioners / Eleanor Robson -- Ancient Egyptian literature. Amunnakht, scribe and poet of Deir el-Medina : a study of ostracon O Berlin P 14262 / Günter Burkard -- Mortuary and literary laments : a comparison / Roland Enmarch -- The practice of literature : the relationship between content, form, audience, and performance / Christopher Eyre -- Papyrus Queen's College Recto : a narrative in abnormal Hieratic / Hans-W. Fischer-Elfert -- Sensuous experience, performance, and presence in Third Intermediate Period biography / Elizabeth Frood -- Constructing textual identity : framing and self-reference in Egyptian texts / Fredrik Hagen -- Ancient Egyptian literature : genre and style / Verena M. Lepper -- Egyptian life, by and with literary texts / Ludwig D. Morenz -- The reception of Demotic narrative / John Tait -- Literatures in dialogue : a comparison of attitudes to speech in Babylonian and Middle Egyptian literature / Martin Worthington.
Summary
The literature of ancient Egypt is less well known than its art and architecture but merits study as one of the earliest literary traditions. This book reviews the current range of interpretative approaches and highlights the vitality of the field, covering the period c. 2000 BC to the Roman period.
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9780197265420 (hbk.)
0197265421 (hbk.)
Note
Papers presented at a conference held at All Souls' College, Oxford, September 1-3, 2006.
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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