TY - BOOK ID - 3170062 TI - Reading ancient Egyptian poetry : among other histories PY - 2009 SN - 9781405125475 1405125470 PB - Chichester, U.K. ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, DB - UniCat KW - Egyptian poetry KW - History and criticism KW - History and criticism. KW - Egyptian literature KW - Egyptian poetry - History and criticism UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:3170062 AB - In Reading Ancient Egyptian Poetry, Richard Parkinson explores how ancient Egyptian poems have been read and perceived across the ages.- Presents an innovative and theoretically-informed account of how the most famous ancient Egyptian poems have been read over 4,000 years- From a leading expert in the interpretation of ancient Egyptian literature- Explores the original experience of ordinary Egyptians enjoying the poems as well as their interpretation during the Middle Kingdom and up to modern times- Draws on recent discoveries in the British Museum archives to reconstruct the contexts of the poems ER -