Ancient Egyptian Literature by Roland Enmarch

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The literature of ancient Egypt is less well known than its art and architecture but merits study as one of the earliest literary traditions. This book reviews the current range of interpretative approaches and highlights the vitality of the field, covering the period c. 2000 BC to the Roman period.

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Ancient Egyptian Literature by Roland Enmarch

The literature of ancient Egypt is less well known than its art and architecture but merits study as one of the earliest literary traditions. This book reviews the current range of interpretative approaches and highlights the vitality of the field, covering the period c. 2000 BC to the Roman period.
The worth of Enmarch and Lepperâs book is manifest in the way it captures a fascinating discussion at a very distinct time of its development* Camilla Di Biase-Dyson, Lingua Aegyptia *
Aimed primarily at academics specialising in this field, anyone interested in the writings of Ancient Egyptians will discover something of interest in this volume. ... One highlight is Verena Lepper's paper on the analysis of genre using lexiostatistical tools. * Sarah Griffiths, Ancient Egypt *

Dr Roland Enmarch read Egyptology with Akkadian at University College, Oxford, before obtaining his D.Phil in Ancient Egyptian Literature at Worcester College, Oxford in 2004. Having been a British Academy Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Liverpool, he is now a Lecturer in Egyptology there working on questions of genre and intertextuality in Egyptian written culture. His previous books include A World Upturned: Commentary on and Analysis of the Dialogue of Ipuwer and the Lord of All (2008). Dr. Enmarch also serves as Editor-in-Chief for the Journal of Egyptian Archaeology.



Dr. Verena Lepper studied Egyptology, Semitic Philology and Christian Oriental Studies at Bonn, Cologne, Tübingen, Oxford (Christ Church) and Harvard University. She received her doctorate on Ancient Egyptian Literature from the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn in 2005. Her postdoctoral fellowships (funded by the German National Science Foundation) she spent at Bonn, Oxford and Harvard University. She was a member of the German Junge Akademie at the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities and the National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina from 2006 to 2011. Since 2008 she has been curator and collection keeper at the Egyptian Museum and Papyrus Collection, National Museums Berlin. In addition she teaches at the Freie Universität Berlin. Her research focus is Ancient Egyptian Literature and Language as well as the history of Egyptology. She has published four books on these topics.

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ISBN 13 9780197265420
ISBN 10 0197265421
Title Ancient Egyptian Literature
Author Roland Enmarch
Series Proceedings Of The British Academy
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Oxford University Press
Year published 2013-04-11
Number of pages 316
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