Click here for NICC Library Webpage
Login
My List - 0
Help
Search
My Account
ID Information
Calmar New Materials
Peosta New Materials
Advanced
Alphabetical
Basic
History
Search:
General Keyword
Title Keyword
Author Keyword
Subject Keyword
ISBN/ISSN Exact Match
ISBN/ISSN Browse
Serial Title Browse
Title Alphabetical
Subject Alphabetical
Author Alphabetical
Alphabetical Series
Barcode
Bib No.
Journal/Newspaper Title Browse
Series Keyword
Refine Search
> You're searching:
Northeast Iowa Community College
Item Information
Holdings
More by this author
Fritze, Ronald H., author.
Subjects
Egyptology.
Antiquities
Civilization
Egyptology.
Travel
HISTORY / Ancient / Egypt.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology.
HISTORY / Ancient / Egypt.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology.
HISTORY / Ancient / Egypt.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology.
Rezeption.
Ägyptophilie
Orientalismus
Egypt -- Civilization
Egypt -- Antiquities
Egypt -- History
Egypt -- Description and travel.
Egypt
Egypt
Browse Catalog
by author:
Fritze, Ronald H., author.
by title:
Egyptomania : a hist...
MARC Display
Egyptomania : a history of fascination, obsession and fantasy / Ronald H. Fritze.
by
Fritze, Ronald H., author.
London, UK : Reaktion Books, 2016.
Description:
444 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Contents:
Egyptomania through the ages. The real Egypt ; Ancient Egyptomania : Hebrews, pharaohs, and plagues ; Classical Egyptomania : the Greeks and Romans ; Medieval Egyptomania : from St Augustine to the Renaissance ; Egyptomania from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment ; Napoleon's expedition to Egypt and the birth of modern Egyptomania ; Nineteenth-century Egyptomania and the discovery of King Tut ; The rise of mass Egyptomania : Tutankhamun, Tutmania, and the curse of the mummy -- Varieties of modern Egyptomania. Occult Egyptomania ; Egyptomania on the fringe of history ; African American Egyptomania ; Egyptomania and fiction.
Summary:
Ancient Egypt has been a focus of awe and fascination from the age of the Pyramids to the present day. In 'Egyptomania' Ronald H. Fritze takes us on a historical journey to unearth the Egypt of the imagination, a land of weird gods, murky magic, secret knowledge, marvellous pyramids, enigmatic sphinxes, monumental obelisks, immense wealth and mystifying mummies. Egypt has always exerted a powerful attraction in popular and high culture, and an array of personalities have been attracted to and repelled by the idea of Egypt. Medieval Christians considered Egypt a land with many connections to the Bible, while medieval Muslims were intrigued by its massive monuments, esoteric learning and hidden treasures. Scholars of the Renaissance, the Baroque and the Enlightenment pondered the mysteries of hieroglyphs and Hermes Trismegistus. Even the practical-minded Napoleon dreamed of Egyptian glory and helped open that antique land to the West. Fritze goes beyond the examination of Egyptomania in art and architecture to reveal its impact on religion, philosophy, historical study, literature, travel, science and popular culture. All those who remain captivated by the ongoing phenomenon of Egyptomania will revel in the mysteries uncovered in this book.
Copy/Holding information
Location
Collection
Call No.
Copy
Status
Peosta Library
Circulation Stacks
932 Fri
2016
Checked In
Add Copy to MyList
Format:
HTML
Plain text
Delimited
Subject:
Email to:
Horizon Information Portal 3.25_9807
© 2001-2013
SirsiDynix
All rights reserved.