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OverviewExamining literature and other cultural forms, Victoria Alchemy explores nineteenth-century conceptions of ancient Egypt as this extant civilisation was being 'rediscovered' in the modern world. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Eleanor DobsonPublisher: UCL Press Imprint: UCL Press Weight: 0.530kg ISBN: 9781787358492ISBN 10: 1787358496 Publication Date: 06 October 2022 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviews'Encourages us to question the origins of, and motivations behind this fascination: why does the spell that ancient Egypt cast on Victorian society continue to hold us in its grasp.' Fortean Times Author InformationEleanor Dobson is Lecturer in Nineteenth-Century Literature at the University of Birmingham. Her previous works include Ancient Egypt in the Modern Imagination: Art, Literature and Culture (I.B. Tauris, 2020), Victorian Literary Culture and Ancient Egypt (Manchester University Press, 2020) and Writing the Sphinx: Literature, Culture and Egyptology (Edinburgh University Press, 2020). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |