This edited collection considers representations of Ancient Egypt in the literature of the nineteenth-century.
The book illuminates unknown sources of historical significance - including the first illustration of an ambulatory mummy - revising.
It addresses themes such as reanimated mummies, Ancient Egyptian mythology and contemporary consumer Culture across Literary modes ranging from burlesque satire to historical novels, stage performances to Gothic fiction and popular Culture to the highbrow.
This edited collection considers representations of Ancient Egypt in the literature of the nineteenth-century