Reading Ancient Egyptian Poetry

Author : R. B. Parkinson
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1405125470
Total Pages : 417 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reading Ancient Egyptian Poetry written by R. B. Parkinson and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-02-17 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Reading Ancient Egyptian Poetry, Richard Parkinson explores how ancient Egyptian poems have been read and perceived across the ages. Presents an innovative and theoretically-informed account of how the most famous ancient Egyptian poems have been read over 4,000 years From a leading expert in the interpretation of ancient Egyptian literature Explores the original experience of ordinary Egyptians enjoying the poems as well as their interpretation during the Middle Kingdom and up to modern times Draws on recent discoveries in the British Museum archives to reconstruct the contexts of the poems

Author : Adolf Erman
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 9780486287676
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.7X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ancient Egyptian Poetry and Prose written by Adolf Erman and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 1995-01-01 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Selections include poetry from pyramid texts, morning hymns, instructions in wisdom, meditations, exhortations to schoolboys, love songs, poems to the king, and more. Also included are an outline of Egyptian history, an introduction to Egyptian literature, and extensive footnotes and commentary on the material presented.

Author : Kenneth Anderson Kitchen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789170811500
Total Pages : 483 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Poetry of Ancient Egypt written by Kenneth Anderson Kitchen and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 483 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Ezra Pound
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Come Swiftly to Your Love written by Ezra Pound and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Raymond Oliver Faulkner
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300099207
Total Pages : 618 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Literature of Ancient Egypt written by Raymond Oliver Faulkner and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 618 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents annotated translations of papyrus writings and tomb inscriptions from the middle and late periods of ancient Egypt.

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Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 9780192839664
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Tale of Sinuhe and Other Ancient Egyptian Poems, 1940-1640 BC written by and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1998 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This anthology contains all the substantial surviving works from the golden age of Ancient Egyptian fictional literature (c.1940-1640 B.C.). Composed by an anonymous author in the form of a funerary autobiography, the Tale tells how the courtier Sinuhe flees Egypt at the death of his king. His adventures bring wealth and happiness, but his failure to find meaningful life abroad is only redeemed by the new king's sympathy, and he finally returns to the security of his homeland. Other works from the Middle Kingdom include a poetic dialogue between a man and his soul on the problem of suffering and death, a teaching about the nature of wisdom which is bitterly spoken by the ghost of the assassinated King Amenemhat I, and a series of light-hearted tales of wonder from the court of the builder of the Great Pyramid."--Jacket.

Author : R. B. Parkinson
Publisher : Oxford Paperbacks
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Tale of Sinuhe written by R. B. Parkinson and published by Oxford Paperbacks. This book was released on 2009-03-26 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This anthology contains all the substantial surviving works from the golden age of Ancient Egyptian fictional literature (c.1940-1640 B.C.). Composed by an anonymous author in the form of a funerary autobiography, the Tale tells how the courtier Sinuhe flees Egypt at the death of his king. His adventures bring wealth and happiness, but his failure to find meaningful life abroad is only redeemed by the new king's sympathy, and he finally returns to the security of his homeland. Other works from the Middle Kingdom include a poetic dialogue between a man and his soul on the problem of suffering and death, a teaching about the nature of wisdom which is bitterly spoken by the ghost of the assassinated King Amenemhat I, and a series of light-hearted tales of wonder from the court of the builder of the Great Pyramid."--Jacket

Author : Susan T. Hollis
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hymns, Prayers, and Songs written by Susan T. Hollis and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first comprehensive anthology in English of ancient Egyptian lyric poetry.

Author : R. B. Parkinson
Publisher : Equinox Publishing (UK)
ISBN 13 : 9781845537708
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Poetry and Culture in Middle Kingdom Egypt written by R. B. Parkinson and published by Equinox Publishing (UK). This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: [Poetry and Culture in Middle Kingdom Egypt] certainly represents a landmark. It is the first monograph devoted to an integral study and interpretation of the entire corpus of literature preserved from the Egyptian Middle Kingdom.'Joachim Quack, Professor of Egyptology, University of Heidelberg.

Author : R. B. Parkinson
Publisher : Burns & Oates
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Poetry and Culture in Middle Kingdom Egypt written by R. B. Parkinson and published by Burns & Oates. This book was released on 2002 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Middle Kingdom (c.1940-1640 BC) was a golden age of Ancient Egyptian writing. This pioneering book is the first comprehensive study of this literary legacy. The status of literature is controversial in many ancient civilizations, and Middle Kingdom poems have often been regarded as propaganda for the ruling dynasty. This study radically reassesses their cultural role, drawing on recent studies of the individual texts, some by the author, and on general developments in literary criticism, to argue that they were entertainments that voiced potentially dissident views while also being integral to elite culture. The book explores literatures status as a differentiated form of discourse, suggesting what social practices made its role possible and offering an innovative model for the readers engagement with these subtle and complex ancient works. The book also surveys the social and ideological context of literature and proposes readings of the main tales, discourses, and teachings. The conclusion sets the readings in a broad context, while an appendix surveys the entire range of surviving texts.