Poetry and Culture in Middle Kingdom Egypt - A Dark Side to Perfection - R.B. Parkinson

Poetry and Culture in Middle Kingdom Egypt - A Dark Side to Perfection - R.B. Parkinson

5. Literature in Culture

Poetry and Culture in Middle Kingdom Egypt - A Dark Side to Perfection - R.B. Parkinson

R.B. Parkinson [+-]
University of Oxford
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Professor of Egyptology; Fellow of The Queen’s College and formerly Former Assistant Keeper,Ancient Egyptian pharaonic culture in the Department: Ancient Egypt and Sudan at the British Museum

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This chapter looks at the question of literature and ideology. Specific topics include: - literature as imaginary - literary decorum - fools and enemies - gender and sexuality - responses to death and the divine - generic and topical expectations - programmatic and other models for interpretation - play and mediation

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Parkinson, R.B.. 5. Literature in Culture. Poetry and Culture in Middle Kingdom Egypt - A Dark Side to Perfection. Equinox eBooks Publishing, United Kingdom. p. 86-107 Dec 2010. ISBN 9781845537708. https://www.equinoxpub.com/home/view-chapter/?id=22520. Date accessed: 29 Mar 2024 doi: 10.1558/equinox.22520. Dec 2010

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