Ancient Egyptian Literature by Miriam Lichtheim

Ancient Egyptian Literature by Miriam Lichtheim

First published in 1973, this anthology has assumed classic status in the field of Egyptology and portrays the remarkable evolution of the literary forms of one of the world’s earliest civilizations. Beginning with the early and gradual evolution of Egyptian genres, it includes biographical and historical inscriptions carved on stone, the various classes of works written with pen on papyrus, and the mortuary literature that focuses on life after death. It then shows the culmination of these literary genres within the single period known as the New Kingdom (1550–1080 B.C.) and ends in the last millennium of Pharaonic civilization, from the tenth century B.C. to the beginning of the Christian era. An introduction written in three parts by Antonio Loprieno, Hans-W. Fischer-Elfert, and Joseph G. Manning completes this classic anthology.

For thirty years Miriam Lichtheim (1914–2004) was Near East Bibliographer and Lecturer at University of California, Los Angeles. She retired in 1974 to devote herself to Egyptological research and later moved to Jerusalem where she taught at Hebrew University.

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ISBN 13	9780520305847
ISBN 10	0520305841
Title	Ancient Egyptian Literature
Author	Miriam Lichtheim
Series	World Literature In Translation
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	University of California Press
Year published	2019-05-07
Number of pages	872
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