Ancient Egyptian biographies : contexts, forms, functions /

Ancient Egyptian biographies : contexts, forms, functions /

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Imprint:	Atlanta, Georgia : Lockwood Press, [2020] ©2020
Description:	vii, 342 pages : illustrations ; 29 x 23 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Wilbour studies in egyptology and assyriology ; number 6 Wilbour studies in egyptology and assyriology ; no. 6.
Subject:	Autobiography -- Social aspects -- Egypt -- History. Biography -- Social aspects -- Egypt -- History. Biography -- To 500 -- History and criticism. Biography as a literary form -- History. Biography Biography as a literary form Egypt Criticism, interpretation, etc. History
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12687251

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Other authors / contributors:	Stauder-Porchet, Julie, editor. Frood, Elizabeth, editor. Stauder, Andréas, 1977- editor.
ISBN:	1948488280 9781948488280
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"(Auto-)biography is a genre of ancient Egyptian written discourse that was central to high culture from its earliest periods. Belonging to the nonroyal elites, these texts present aspects of individual lives and experience, sometimes as narratives of key events, sometimes as characterizations of personal qualities. Egyptian (auto-) biographies offer a unique opportunity to examine the ways in which individuals fashioned distinctive selves for display and the significance of the physical, religious, and social contexts they selected. 0The present volume brings together specialists from a range of relevant periods, approaches, and interests. The studies collected here examine Egyptian (auto-)biographies from a variety of complementary perspectives: (1) anthropological and contrastive perspectives; (2) the original Old Kingdom settings; (3) text format and language; (4) social dimensions; and (5) religious experience"--
Other form:	Online version Ancient Egyptian biographies Atlanta, Georgia : Lockwood Press, [2020] 1948488302

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