Egyptian Things (ePub)
Translating Egypt to Early Imperial Rome
(Sprache: Englisch)
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After the deaths of Antony and Cleopatra, Rome finally took control of Egypt. This...
After the deaths of Antony and Cleopatra, Rome finally took control of Egypt. This...
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After the deaths of Antony and Cleopatra, Rome finally took control of Egypt. This occupation simultaneously facilitated and circumscribed the exchange of goods, people, and ideas along the paths carved by Rome's burgeoning empire. In this book, Edward Kelting sets out to recapture one of these systems of exchange: the vibrant literary tradition known as Aegyptiaca-or "Egyptian Things"-in which culturally mixed authors wrote about Egypt for a Greek and Roman audience. These authors have been dismissed as not really "Egyptian," and their contemporary popularity has been ignored, but as the author powerfully argues, this genre in fact constitutes a vibrant intellectual tradition, developed from heterogenous influences but deeply engaged with Egypt's pharaonic past. In contrast to usual narratives of Roman domination, Kelting uncovers a complex project of political engagement and cultural translation in which Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans all participated.
After the deaths of Antony and Cleopatra, Rome finally took control of Egypt. This occupation simultaneously facilitated and circumscribed the exchange of goods, people, and ideas along the paths carved by Rome's burgeoning empire. In this book, Edward Kelting sets out to recapture one of these systems of exchange: the vibrant literary tradition known as Aegyptiaca-or "Egyptian Things"-in which culturally mixed authors wrote about Egypt for a Greek and Roman audience. These authors have been dismissed as not really "Egyptian," and their contemporary popularity has been ignored, but as the author powerfully argues, this genre in fact constitutes a vibrant intellectual tradition, developed from heterogenous influences but deeply engaged with Egypt's pharaonic past. In contrast to usual narratives of Roman domination, Kelting uncovers a complex project of political engagement and cultural translation in which Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans all participated.
Autoren-Porträt von Edward William Kelting
Edward William Kelting is Assistant Professor of Literature at the University of California, San Diego.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Edward William Kelting
- 2024, 1. Auflage, 257 Seiten, Englisch
- Verlag: Naval Institute Press
- ISBN-10: 0520402197
- ISBN-13: 9780520402195
- Erscheinungsdatum: 19.11.2024
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