The editing, translation, and publication of ancient Egyptian texts has been central to the discipline of Egyptology since its inception. This book presents an innovative and theoretically informed account of how the most famous Ancient Egyptian poems have been read over a period of 4,000 years. It embeds the poems in material culture, social practices, archaeological contexts, and landscapes. Particular attention is devoted to performance practice and the changing reception of the poems over time. INDICE: List of Illustrations.Preface.Note on Cited Texts.Chronology.Part I Performing Poetry.1. Visitors in Egypt.2. Reciting Two Poems at Abu (c. 1840BC).3. A Performance.Part II Reading Old Poems.4. Writing at the Southern City (c. 1780 BC).5. A Certain Provincial Scribe (c. 1780 BC).6. A Library at theSouthern City (c. 1680 BC).7. Imperial Classics in the New Kingdom and Beyond(c. 1550500 BC).Part III Studying Ancient Texts.8. Some Modern Readers (AD 1836 on).9. Among Other Histories.Appendix: Translations of the 12th-Dynasty Papyri.Abbreviations.References.Index
- ISBN: 978-1-4051-2547-5
- Editorial: Wiley-Blackwell
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 416
- Fecha Publicación: 30/01/2009
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés