Imagining the past historical fiction in New Kingdom Egypt
Title:
Imagining the past historical fiction in New Kingdom Egypt
Author:
Manassa, Colleen.
ISBN:
9780199982233
9781299963764
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
New York : Oxford University Press, [2013]
Physical Description:
1 online resource.
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: -- Preface -- List of Figures and Plates -- List of Abbreviations -- Note to the Translations -- Chronology -- 1. Intimations of an Earlier Age: History and Fiction in New Kingdom Egypt -- 2. The Quarrel of Apepi and Seqenenre -- 3. The Capture of Joppa -- 4. Thutmose III in Asia -- 5. The Libyan Battle Story -- 6. A Thematic Survey of New Kingdom Historical Fiction -- Appendix 1: P. Sallier I (BM EA 10185) -- Appendix 2: P. Harris 500 (BM EA 10060) -- Appendix 3: P. Turin 1940+1941 -- Appendix 4: P. Louvre N3136 -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Plates.
Abstract:
This volume examines four tales within the corpus of ancient Egyptian literature. During the Ramesside Period, the ancient Egyptians composed stories set two or even three centuries earlier. Known by their modern titles, 'The Quarrel of Apepi and Seqenenre', 'The Capture of Joppa', 'Thutmose III in Asia', and 'The Libyan Battle Story', each tale uses historically-attested figures within a plausible, yet fictional, narrative. Plot elements range from a witty exchange of letters to the first attested stratagem in world military history.
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