Imagining the Past: Historical Fiction in New Kingdom Egypt

by Colleen Manassa and Colleen Manassa Darnell

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Five hundred years before Homer immortalized the Trojan Horse, the ancient Egyptians had already composed a tale of soldiers hiding Ali Baba-like in baskets to capture a besieged city. Shortly after the rise to power of the warrior pharaoh Ramesses II, Egyptian authors began to write stories about battles and conquest. However, these stories were not set in the present, but in the past: they were the world's first works of historical fiction. These...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0199982228

ISBN13:9780199982226

Release Date:November 2013

Publisher:OUP Us

Length:368 Pages

Weight:1.70 lbs.

Dimensions:1.2" x 6.2" x 9.6"

Related Subjects

History Literary Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Literature Literature & Fiction

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