Reading the Sphinx unearths buried conflicts in religion, myth, and the memory of Egypt in the West, illuminating issues of identity, inheritance, gender, and sexuality through cultural productions ranging from Herodotus to Freud.

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LYNN PARRAMORE received her Ph.D. from New York University, USA, where she has taught essay writing and cultural theory. She is a freelance writer and researcher whose work encompasses film, television, periodicals, and online publications.

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Book Title: Reading the Sphinx
Book Subtitle: Ancient Egypt in Nineteenth-Century Literary Culture
Authors: Lynn Parramore
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230615700
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Palgrave Literature & Performing Arts Collection, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Nature America Inc. 2008
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-60328-8Published: 17 November 2008
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-37160-0Published: 17 November 2008
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-61570-0Published: 13 October 2008
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 199
Topics: Nineteenth-Century Literature, Postcolonial/World Literature

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