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Delightful. . . . Book of the Sphinx is happy all the way through: a grab bag, treasure trove, and star chart of the mythic monster''s whereabouts in art, religion, history, and literature, with the winks, nods, footnotes, bird trills, and memory-bank shots of a scholar so intimately at home that he seems, like his subject, to be playing with his food. The illustrations are as sly as the text. . . . Regier [is] my hero of culture for the month. --John Leonard, Harper''s --John Leonard Harper's

Delightful. . . . Book of the Sphinx is happy all the way through: a grab bag, treasure trove, and star chart of the mythic monster''s whereabouts in art, religion, history, and literature, with the winks, nods, footnotes, bird trills, and memory-bank shots of a scholar so intimately at home that he seems, like his subject, to be playing with his food. The illustrations are as sly as the text. . . . Regier [is my hero of culture for the month. --John Leonard, Harper''s --John Leonard Harper's

A very accomplished, well-written book. Book of the Sphinx is immensely erudite, with a wealth of references from all historical periods, from ancient Egypt to modern times, and from the most diverse realms. --Jonathan Culler, the author of Structuralist Poetics: Structuralism, Linguistics and the Study of Literature--Jonathan Culler A successfully playful work of nonfiction that situates itself in the academic landscape somewhere between cultural history and comparative literature, Sphinx is both scholarly and imaginative. . . . Every good library should have it, and so should every coffee table. --Joshua T. Katz, American Journal of Archaeology--Joshua T. Katz Regier. . . . Offers here an erudite account of appearances of the Sphinx. . . . So intimate is Regier's familiarity with the Sphinx that this reviewer would be astonished if he missed even one reference to this remarkable composite monster. An added joy is Regier's light and witty tone and his engaging prose, which frequently rises to the level of poetry.--Choice-- CHOICE Delightful. . . . Book of the Sphinx is happy all the way through: a grab bag, treasure trove, and star chart of the mythic monster's whereabouts in art, religion, history, and literature, with the winks, nods, footnotes, bird trills, and memory-bank shots of a scholar so intimately at home that he seems, like his subject, to be playing with his food. The illustrations are as sly as the text. . . . Regier [is] my hero of culture for the month.--John Leonard, Harper's--John Leonard Harper's Book of the Sphinx is a delight. Willis Regier is not only very learned but also creative in making fiction, even poetry, out of the myth of the Sphinx and the histories of that myth. His own retellings are artful and compelling.--Gregory Nagy, author of Plato's Rhapsody and Homer's Music: The Poetics of the Panathenaic Festival in Classical Athens--Gregory Nagy

Delightful. . . . Book of the Sphinx is happy all the way through: a grab bag, treasure trove, and star chart of the mythic monster''s whereabouts in art, religion, history, and literature, with the winks, nods, footnotes, bird trills, and memory-bank shots of a scholar so intimately at home that he seems, like his subject, to be playing with his food. The illustrations are as sly as the text. . . . Regier [is] my hero of culture for the month. -- John Leonard Harper's

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Willis Goth Regier has pursued Sphinxes at the University of Nebraska, Johns Hopkins University, and Harvard University. He now seeks Sphinxes at the University of Illinois.

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